day out

day out
day out noun
1. A day spent away from home for pleasure, as a holiday, etc
2. A servant's free day (archaic)
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Main Entry: ↑day

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ˌday ˈout [day out] noun (pl. days out)
a trip or visit somewhere for a day

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We had a day out in the country.

 
Synonyms:
journey • tour • expedition • excursion • outing • day out
These are all words for an act of travelling to a place.
trip • an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again:

▪ a business trip

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▪ a five-minute trip by taxi

journey • an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart:

▪ a long and difficult journey across the mountains

trip or journey?
A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to be:

▪ a trip to New York

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▪ a round-the-world trip

. It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips: (BrE)

▪ What is your journey to work like?

tour • a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited:

▪ a tour of Bavaria

expedition • an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known:

▪ the first expedition to the South Pole

excursion • a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people:

▪ We went on an all-day excursion to the island.

outing • a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day:

▪ The children were on a day's outing from school.

day out • a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure:

▪ We had a day out at the beach.

a(n) foreign/overseas trip/journey/tour/expedition
a bus/coach/train/rail trip/journey/tour
to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/outing/day out
to set out/off on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
to make a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
 
Example Bank:

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We had a day out at the beach.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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