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

The outlet reported that Kara Noble, who worked alongside the future royal at the Capital radio network, received £40,000 for photos of a topless 23-year-old Sophie on holiday in Spain with radio host Chris Tarrant. —Meredith Kile, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Americans tend to treat them like family with birthday cakes, shared beds and names on holiday cards. —Brian N. Chin, The Conversation, 25 July 2025

Kimmel had a good excuse for not showing up; ignoring the fact that he’s based in LA, whereas the others are all based in New York, he’s been on holiday for some time with a phalanx of guest hosts leading his Jimmy Kimmel Live! —Peter White, Deadline, 21 July 2025

Two Lithuanian families are on holiday, with sisters Ernesta (Gelminė Glemžaitė) and Juste (Agnė Kaktaitė) having arguably organized the trip out of their own listlessness. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 July 2025

Rhymes for on holiday

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