Synonyms

shore leave

shore leave

noun Navy.
1.
permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
2.
the time spent ashore during such leave.

Origin:
1905–10
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Shore leave is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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shore leave
 
n
1.  Compare liberty permission to go ashore
2.  time spent ashore during leave

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