break of day
Definition of break of day
: the time of day when sunlight first begins to appear : dawn I woke at (the) break of day.
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breakplay
: to separate into parts with suddenness or violence
: fracture
: to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)
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dayplay
: the time of light between one night and the next
: daylight
: daytime
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