take a vacation

take a vacation

To stop working for some period of time and spend that time for one's leisure or pleasure, especially at some other place. You should really take a vacation. You've been burning the candle at both ends for way too long now. I'm taking a vacation in Europe with my family this summer.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

take a vacation

to go somewhere for a vacation; to stop work to have a vacation. Sue took a vacation at the Grand Canyon last year. I need to take a vacation and relax.
See also: take, vacation
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be joined at the hip
  • be taken up with (someone or something)
  • ahead of (someone's or something's) time
  • ahead of your/its time
  • any time means no time
  • against time
  • against the clock
  • any time
  • (it's) time to run
  • anytime
References in periodicals archive
For an unrelated one, I take a vacation day, although in the past two years I haven't had to do too much of that since most of my CPE involves nonprofit accounting.
Continuing professional education