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time off
Idioms and Phrases
A break from one's employment or school, as in I need some time off from teaching to work on my dissertation , or He took time off to make some phone calls . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
When I was 21, I took time off dance and went back to Poland, where I started modeling, which led me to acting, which I studied for three years.
For Cait, watching the migration has become a yearly tradition, so much so that she books time off work to fully immerse herself in the three-week broadcast.
Since then, he has spent a lot of time off the pitch due to injuries.
A new right for additional time off work has also come into force for thousands of families whose babies need to be cared for in neonatal units.
"Someone working in construction or on an industrial estate will find it very difficult to take time off whether that's for a health check or to go and see their GP."
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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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