Collocation
vacation days
Days off from work or school, often paid, for rest, travel, or personal activities.
Definition
'vacation days' is a common English collocation. Days off from work or school, often paid, for rest, travel, or personal activities.
take + vacation days
“I plan to take a few vacation days in July to visit my family.”
Examples
- She decided to take her remaining vacation days before the end of the year.
- I'm going to take a few vacation days next month for a short trip.
- He always takes his vacation days during the summer.
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- Have you taken all your vacation days this year?
- The manager approved her request to take additional vacation days.
- Many employees prefer to take their vacation days consecutively.
- If you don't take your vacation days, you might lose them at the end of the fiscal year.
- He regretted not having taken more vacation days when he had the chance.
- We encouraged the new hires to take full advantage of their accrued vacation days.
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