take the weight off (one's) feet

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take the weight off (one's) feet

To lie or (especially) sit down, generally after being upright for a long period of time. We've been walking all over town today, so I think we're just going to head back to the hotel and take the weight off our feet awhile.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gu&Eth;Brandr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Corbett	['kɔ:bət]
Pushpa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Abia	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Stanislav	stah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Fishke	-	Yiddish