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Discover Ludwig"shore leave" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a period of time when a sailor or member of the military is allowed to leave their ship or base and spend time on land. Example: The sailor had been at sea for six months and was looking forward to his upcoming shore leave, where he planned to visit his family and explore the city.
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shore leave
noun
Free time given to sailors of the military navy when they are off duty and allowed to disembark and spend time on land.
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Shirt £45, by Shore Leave, from urbanoutfitters.co.uk.
They could spend most of the time aboard, taking occasional shore leave on tourist visas.
But now, at least, we had some shore leave to savour.
They had no visas and no shore leave, reflections of the daunting array of new hurdles for foreign seamen to gain shore leave after 9/11.
Goes down town in subway when he has shore leave to visit the ship.
He had been a cook in the Navy, and was the kind of quiet man who refused his shore leave.
EXTENDS GOLD COAST VISIT Royal Party Will Remain Ten Days, While Sailors of the Repulse Have Shore Leave.
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"£25 a week, plus your on-shore leave paid for".
They work three weeks and get a week shore-leave.
He and a shipmate were on shore-leave when they went to the match.
His first shore-leave was spent in London, in digs in Finsbury Park, in 1878.
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