break of day
Use Break of day in a sentencebreak of day
noun
dawn; daybreak.
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Break of day
is always a great word to know.
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Idioms & Phrases
break of day
Dawn, early morning, as in We'll leave at break of day, as soon as it's light, or I feel as though I've been working since the break of day. This term uses break in the sense "burst out of darkness." [First half of 1500s] A synonym from the same period is the noun daybreak.
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Example sentences
From early nightfall till break of day the footpad and burglar piled his nefarious business with out let or hindrance.
The father then borrowed an axe of the neighbour, and next morning at break of day they went into the forest together.
They walked the whole night long, and by break of day came once more to their father's house.
These soirees begin late and end with the break of day, sometimes a few moments earlier.
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