day off

day off
*the day off
a day free from working. (*Typically: get \day off; have \day off; give someone \day off; take \day off.) •

The next time I get a day off, we'll go to the zoo.

I have the day off. Let's go hiking.

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{n.} A day on which one doesn't have to work, not necessarily the weekend. * /Monday is his day off in the restaurant, because he prefers to work on Saturdays and Sundays./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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