- take a load off one's feet
- {v. phr.} To alleviate one's fatigue by sitting down during some taxing work. * /"You've been standing there for hours, Jake," John said. "Why don't you take a load off your feet?"/
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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take a load off one's feet — {v. phr.} To alleviate one s fatigue by sitting down during some taxing work. * / You ve been standing there for hours, Jake, John said. Why don t you take a load off your feet? / … Dictionary of American idioms
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