intransitive. To be absent from work; to take a holiday; (now English regional) to be out of work; to be off work through sickness or industrial…

intransitive. To keep holiday.

Cessation from work; festivity; recreation. to make holiday: to cease from work, to take a day's recreation.

(a) transitive to render vacant, in various senses; to vacate; (b) intransitive to take a vacation. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To go out for pleasure, to take a holiday. Cf. pleasuring, n. 1a. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. U.S. To give up work for a time; to take a holiday or vacation.

intransitive to take a vacation or holiday.