day off

noun

day off

noun

/deɪˈɒf/ · /ˈdeɪ.ɒf/

1

A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.

  • After the accident, he took a day off.
  • Tuesday is my day off.
2 more examples
  • I can meet you tomorrow because I have the day off.
  • In addition to the extra labour at Christmas, because services kept running on Christmas Day many of the staff did not get the day off. […] Moreover, after Christmas Day he got a few days off and had "...a real old jolly time, as only we men of the iron road know how".2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35:
Synonyms
break, recess, vacation

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