fog lifting
Haze burning off
Fog lifting describes the gradual clearing of fog as it dissipates or rises, typically in morning hours as temperatures warm: We waited for the fog lifting before setting out.
Figuratively, it suggests confusion or obscurity giving way to clarity: I felt the fog lifting as the medication took effect.
The phrase captures that transitional moment when visibility—literal or mental—begins to return.
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- mistFine airborne moisture
- dawnDay's first glow
- early morningFirst hours of day
- first lightEarliest morning brightness
visibility · haze · dissipating · morning · sun · reveal · vanishing · clarity · emerging · brightening · veil · shroud · burning off · horizon · light · parting · evaporating · coastline
- fogmist, haze, bank, blanket, fret
- Weather Changeswarming, cooling, clearing, cold front, warm front
- epiphaniesepiphany, aha moment, eureka, aha, lightbulb moment
- dawn signssunrise, first light, rooster crow, dawn chorus, cockcrow
- liftinghoist, crane, elevate, raise, boost