from dusk to dawn

English

Prepositional phrase

from dusk to dawn

1. (duration) From sunset to sunrise.
2. (temporal location) At night, nighttime.
   • 2005, Paul Smitz, Carolyn Bain, Sandra Bao, Susannah Farfor, Australia‎, Lonely Planet, page 745:

     Roos and wallabies often leap onto roads, particularly from dusk to dawn; keep your speed under 70km/h at these times.

3. (idiomatic) All night.

Related terms

• from dawn to dusk

Translations

from sunset to sunrise

Czech: od soumraku do úsvitu Finnish: illasta aamuun French: du soir au matin Hungarian: estétől hajnalig, alkonyattól virradatig, alkonyattól hajnalig Polish: od zmierzchu do świtu Portuguese: de sol a sol, do amanhecer ao anoitecer (literally) Spanish: de sol a sol (es)

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• from dawn to dusk