crack of dawn
Americannoun
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Ramilah starts at the crack of dawn with housework, taking care of the cows and feeding the family's stock of tilapia fish.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
You’ve probably seen them in your neighborhood, on power-walking pros out and about at the crack of dawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2025
Like when I say I sleep in late, that’s 6:30 or 7 a.m. because I like to get up at the crack of dawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
That means long, circuitous routes that require students to be outside at the crack of dawn for an hourlong ride that could be done in 15 minutes in a parent’s air-conditioned car.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2024
He must have been at the bakery at the crack of dawn to trade for it.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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