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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The district said with many MPS schools serving as polling locations, students will take the day off. —

Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024 So, don’t start planning how to take the day off for a parade quite yet. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024 That’s what led Ariel to take the day off that November afternoon and walk the mile from his home to the police station. —

Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024 Every year, Julia Zhu’s husband would collect information on home values in their area, including their own appraisals, receipts and much more, then take a day off work to go argue at city offices why their property tax should be lower. —

Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take a/the day off

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