time off

time off {n. phr.}

A period of release from work.

If I had some time off this afternoon, I would finish writing the letters I promised to my family.

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[time] See: [ABOUT TIME], [AGAINST TIME], [AT A TIME], [AT ONE TIME], [AT THE SAME TIME], [AT TIMES], [BEHIND THE TIMES], [BEHIND TIME], [BIDE ONE'S TIME], [BIG TIME], [EVERY TIME […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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