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time off
*time off
a period of time that is free from employment. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; take (some) ~.) I'll have to get time off for jury duty. I have time off to go downtown and shop.
time off
A break from one's employment or school, as in I need some time off from teaching to work on my dissertation, or He took time off to make some phone calls. [First half of 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Oprah | | O-prə (English) | Various |
| Odilie | | o-DEE-lee-ə | German (Archaic) |
| Eoforwine | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
| Crofton | | KRAWF-tən | English (Rare) |
| Lemoine | | le-MOIN | English (Rare) |
| Ilia | | eel-YAH (Russian) | Georgian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic |