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^[1], 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)

Anagrams

• from dawn to dusk