Idiom
crack of dawn
Meaning
The first moment of daylight; the instant at which sunrise begins.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We left for the airport at the crack of dawn.”
“The farmers were already working in the fields at the crack of dawn to beat the midday heat.”
“Despite the freezing temperatures, the determined hikers set off at the crack of dawn to reach the mountain summit before the afternoon clouds arrived.”
Examples
simple
“We left for the airport at the crack of dawn.”
contextual
“The farmers were already working in the fields at the crack of dawn to beat the midday heat.”
complex
“Despite the freezing temperatures, the determined hikers set off at the crack of dawn to reach the mountain summit before the afternoon clouds arrived.”
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