break of day

noun

1. dawn; daybreak.

break of day

noun

1. another term for dawn

Idioms and Phrases

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 .