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early bird

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

An early bird is a person who happily wakes at dawn. An early bird, early bird tickets, the early bird gets the worm.

The proverb about the early bird getting the worm is where it comes from, and it is always quoted by people who are one. Early bird pricing is a discount for booking well in advance.

Definitions of early bird

  1. 1phraseearly birdA person who happily wakes at dawn.B2

    “I'm an early bird, up at five every morning to go for a run.”

early bird is a person.

Where it comes from

From the proverb that the early bird gets the worm.

From the expression the early bird gets the worm.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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