long weekend

noun

: a weekend that includes the Friday before, the Monday after, or both because one does not have to work or go to school on those days

We took Friday off and went to the coast for a long weekend.

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Brands like Tuft & Needle are already dropping major early markdowns before the long weekend (FYI, the holiday falls on Monday, February 17 this year). —

Sara Coughlin, SELF, 30 Jan. 2025 Their benne seed cookie kept me while waiting in the long weekend lines. —

Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025 Over the long weekend, everyone with a rooting interest in a presidency, from door-knocking grandmothers to the executives of ballistic-missile manufacturers, is there to claim a share of it, navigating the same maze of street closures and security barricades. —

Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025 Didn’t nab everything on your shopping wish list over the long weekend? —

Isabel Garcia, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for long weekend