recharge your batteries
Definition
C2 to rest and relax for a period of time so that you feel energetic again: She took a trip to the South of France to recharge her batteries.Passive and not working
(Definition of recharge your batteries from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- arse about/around phrasal verb
- breather noun
- breathing room noun
- breathing space noun
- bum around phrasal verb
- dormant adjective
- downtime noun
- idle adjective (NOT WORKING)
- inert adjective (NOT MOVING)
- knock around/about phrasal verb (RELAX)
- laissez-faire noun
- layoff noun
- laze verb
- leave sb be idiom
- siesta noun
- sit (around) on your backside idiom
- sit around phrasal verb
- sit by phrasal verb
- sit on your arse idiom
- sit-down noun
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