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]
| time off | |
noun | |
| a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral" [ant: work time] |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |