on furlough

idiom

: with permission to be away or required to be away for a period of time from the place where one is stationed or working : experiencing such a time away

soldiers going home on furlough

workers on furlough from their jobs

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Nardin, for example, put approximately 15% of workers on furlough, the company’s chief executive officer told Bloomberg last month. —

Garth Friesen, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 Witte and his wife were on furlough back in the United States and had been in the country for a couple of weeks. —

Kathryn Muchnick, Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2024 Bush, for example, ran the now-infamous Willie Horton ad in 1988, which focused on the story of a Black man who, while on furlough from prison, raped a white woman. —

Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 June 2024 While on furlough from her job at the National Trust during lockdown, Woolven began blogging about her experiences, prompting a slew of responses from people around the world. —

Issy Ronald, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on furlough