at the crack of dawn

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   very early in the morning

   We gotta be up at the crack of dawn to go to the airport.

   - ...me being lonely and normal-- - We have to get up at the crack of dawn.

In the movies · 4

• We get up at the crack of dawn around here.The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two2020
• - ...me being lonely and normal-- - We have to get up at the crack of dawn.Lolita1962
• We gotta be up at the crack of dawn to go to the airport.The End of the Tour2015
• She's got you getting up at the crack of dawn.A Cinderella Story2004
• On the contrary, we come in here every day at the crack of dawn because we care.Bad Education2019
• I'll be up till the crack of dawn!Notes on a Scandal2006
• Monday morning, crack of dawn, Walter will walk you right up there.My Best Friend's Wedding1997

Learn it in full scenes

• The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two2020
  • Belsnickel Reveals Himself
  • Kate Grumbles Through a Beach Christmas
  • Kate Sees Through the Bribe
• Lolita1962
  • Humbert's Roman Ping-Pong With Quilty
  • Humbert Kills Quilty
  • Charlotte Shows Humbert the House
• The End of the Tour2015
  • Lipsky Pitches the Wallace Story
  • Dave Wallace Doesn't Drink
  • Wallace and Lipsky First Meeting

From the same entry

• get cracking
• not all, everything, cracked up to be
• crack the whip
• a hard nut
• use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• crack down
• crack on
• crack up
• crack up
• a fair crack of the whip

More idioms

• be all the rage
• frighten to death
• have a bone to pick with
• have a mind of your own
• of your own free will
• pay good money for
• take the edge off
• for your information
• you're on
• out of hand
• straight away
• ahead of your time