Definition
a vacation (US), a holiday (UK): a break, leisure time away from work
to go on vacation: to go to another place for a short period of time (usually for rest and pleasure)
- "2 weeks' paid vacation"
- "I promised her that I would bring Democracy, her daughter, to a small country... like on vacation."
- "Brent : So Oklahoma isn't a good destination for the next Vanderplop family vacation, is it Candy?"
- "Philip : Vacation?"
- "I'm not here right now because I'm on vacation, yippee, until - until August 15th."
- "As you can see, the first part of my talk is called: "Doris and Bernie's vacation photos, Greece 2004"?"
- "I telephoned to cancel the vacation, and all I received was abuse!"
- "So, where are you going on vacation?"
- "I am going on vacation tomorrow with some of my old cheerleading squad."
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