day out

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Noun

day out (plural days out)

1. (idiomatic) An excursion, returning home on the same day.

   A visit to the Science Museum in London will be a day out to remember.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

     My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.