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day off
Idioms and Phrases
A day away from work, school, or a similar obligation; a free day. For example, Sophie always used her day off to do errands . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
“He didn’t have one day off, so he had this intense approach to it,†says Longoria.
An 11-year-old girl who went missing after she entered the River Thames had been paddling in the water during a day off from school, according to residents living near the scene.
Instead, Patricia took the day off work to spend in quiet reflection.
Some contractors, Smith said, “have literally not had a day off since January.â€
Half a century later, he remembers taking the photographs on his days off.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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