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Phrase(s): *a load off one’s feet
Fig. the weight of one’s body no longer supported by one’s feet, as when one sits down. (*Typically: get ~; take ~.) • Come in, John. Sit down and take a load off your feet. • Yes, I need to get a load off my feet. I’m really tired.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs