before dark
While sun's up
Before dark means before nightfall, while daylight remains: We need to get home before dark.
The phrase treats dark as a noun meaning the time when darkness arrives.
It implies a deadline set by nature rather than the clock, often carrying urgency about completing something while visibility or safety permits.
- alpenglowSummit's reflected sunset color
- eveningLate day period
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- fading lightDiminishing illumination
long shadows · dusk · curfew · closing time · homeward · daylight · twilight · golden hour · magic hour · last light · sundown · crepuscular rays · liminal space · porch light · hastening · urgency · afternoon · deadline
time relative to nightfall
before darkafter dark
During nighttime hours
in the dark · at night · in darkness · by night · in the night
dark, before, beforehand, aforementioned, afore, aforethought