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go on holiday

go on holiday verb: to experience a period of time away from home, school, or business in order to relax or travel.

Verb

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. (UK) To experience a period of time away from home, school, or business in order to relax or travel.

Synonyms of go on holiday

Forms of go on holiday

third-person singular presentgoes on holiday
present participlegoing on holiday
pastwent on holiday
past participlegone on holiday

Questions about go on holiday

What does go on holiday mean?
Go on holiday means to experience a period of time away from home, school, or business in order to relax or travel.
What part of speech is go on holiday?
Go on holiday is a verb.
What is the past tense of go on holiday?
The past tense of go on holiday is went on holiday.

Words near go on holiday in the dictionary

  1. go off the reservation
  2. go off the rez
  3. go on
  4. go on by
  5. go on fire
  6. go on holiday
  7. go on one's merry way
  8. go on record
  9. go on strike
  10. go on the account
  11. go on the mitch

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