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up with the larks

up with the larks is the alternative form of up with the lark.

Meaning of up with the lark

Adjective

up with the lark

  1. (idiomatic) Awake and out of bed early in the morning.
    • "Yes, of course, if it’s fine tomorrow," said Mrs Ramsay. "But you'll have to be up with the lark," she added.1927, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, part 1 "The Window", chapter 1

Questions about up with the larks

What is up with the larks the alternative form of?
Up with the larks is the alternative form of up with the lark.

Words near up with the larks in the dictionary

  1. up top
  2. up until
  3. up what spring
  4. up with the chickens
  5. up with the lark
  6. up with the larks
  7. up your ass
  8. up your nose with a rubber hose
  9. up yours
  10. up-
  11. up-and-comer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: up with the larks (page history and authors); up with the lark (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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