shore leave

shore leave
noun
leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
• Syn: ↑liberty
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑leave of absence

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noun
: a leave of absence to go on shore granted to a sailor or naval officer

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Navy.
1. permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
2. the time spent ashore during such leave.
[1905-10]

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shore leave noun
Leave of absence granted to members of a ship's crew to go ashore
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Main Entry: ↑shore

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shore leave UK US noun [uncountable]
a period of time when sailors on a ship are allowed to go on land and do not have to work
Thesaurus: time off from workhyponym

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shore leave,
leave for a member or members of a ship's crew to go ashore: »

Though we made two ports in Australia, no shore leave was granted (Harper's).

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n. leisure time spent ashore by a sailor

the hall was full of sailors on shore leave

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noun [noncount]
: official permission for a sailor to leave a ship and go onto land for a period of time

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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