"go on holiday" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes on holiday [present, singular, third-person], going on holiday [participle, present], went on holiday [past], gone on holiday [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> on holiday}} go on holiday (third-person singular simple present goes on holiday, present participle going on holiday, simple past went on holiday, past participle gone on holiday)
  1. To experience a period of time away from home, school, or business in order to relax or travel.
    Sense id: en-go_on_holiday-en-verb-bT2VYh~C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go on holiday meaning in English (1.2kB)

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