on holiday

phrase

British

: experiencing a time away from home, school, or business usually in order to relax or travel

She spent two weeks on holiday in Italy.

Examples of on holiday in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How to save on holiday travel With airline tickets expected to remain pricey so long as jet fuel costs remain high, travel experts have some tips for saving on holiday trips. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Chambers, 41, an American multimillionaire media heir known as Fergie, was arrested at the ​request of US authorities on July 10 while on holiday in Ibiza. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026

Pick a region, approve a sub-processor, spin up a tenancy because the security team is on holiday. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

In 2024, he had been hospitalised for an infection while on holiday in Malaysia ‌and received a temporary pacemaker at a hospital there. — Terje Solsvik, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for on holiday

• andromache
• bioassay
• cabriolet
• cercariae
• communique
• companionway
• compositae
• decussate
• examinee
• fabaceae
• glyphosate
• gramineae