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Phrase(s): *time off
a period of time that is free from employment. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; take (some)~.) • I’ll have to get time off for jury duty. • I have time off to go downtown and shop.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms