english
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Phrase(s): catch some rays [and] bag some rays Fig. to get some sunshine; to tan in the sun. • We wanted to catch some rays, but the sun never came out the whole time we were there. • I went to Hawaii to bag some rays.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Sunbathe, as in I want a good tan so I think I'll go catch some rays. [Slang; second half of 1900s]
American Heritage Idioms