break of dawn

break of dawn

1. Daybreak.
   • 1962, Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right:

     When your rooster crows at the break o' dawn
     Look out your windo' and I'll be gone
     You're the reason I'm a travelin' on
     But don't think twice, it's all right.

• break of day, crack of dawn, daybreak; see also Thesaurus:dawn