Idiom
peep of day
Meaning
The very beginning of the day; the crack of dawn; daybreak, dawn.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They woke up at the peep of day to start their hike.”
“The farmers were already working in the fields at the peep of day, long before the rest of the village stirred.”
“The weary travelers resumed their long journey at the peep of day, hoping to reach the safety of the city walls before the sun reached its zenith.”
Examples
simple
“They woke up at the peep of day to start their hike.”
contextual
“The farmers were already working in the fields at the peep of day, long before the rest of the village stirred.”
complex
“The weary travelers resumed their long journey at the peep of day, hoping to reach the safety of the city walls before the sun reached its zenith.”
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