on holiday

idiom

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

There are some rough retail quarters ahead — tariffs are taking a bite, and customers are expected to spend less on holiday shopping this year because everything is so expensive and the job market is starting to look quite bad — but Macy’s has some wind at its sails for the first time in years. —Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025

Lorraine Hutchinson, a senior retail analyst at BofA Securities, said most back-to-school deliveries arrived at a 10% tariff rate, but tariffs on holiday goods will be higher. —Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025

Steinþórsson will play Halli and Garðarsdóttir plays Karen in the series, which is set in 1979 and follows a group of Icelanders on holiday in Spain. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025

While on holiday in southern France, Kuster had been watching flamingos in the Camargue. —Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for on holiday

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