take a/the day off
idiom
: to decide not to work on a particular day
He took the day off to go fishing.
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Again, these workshy layabouts take a day off, but the jamboree ends on New Year’s Day, with Brentford at home to Arsenal.
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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Major banks and most public schools, colleges and universities will also take the day off.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Aug. 2024
This is testament to Kulusevski’s own hard work on his physique; the morning gym sessions before training, his reluctance to ever take a day off.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
The district said with many MPS schools serving as polling locations, students will take the day off.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Major banks and most public schools, colleges and universities will also take the day off.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Aug. 2024
This is testament to Kulusevski’s own hard work on his physique; the morning gym sessions before training, his reluctance to ever take a day off.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
The district said with many MPS schools serving as polling locations, students will take the day off.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Take a/the day off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20a%2Fthe%20day%20off. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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