Break with former court favourite? Boycott's no good! (4,3)

I believe the answer is:

time off

'break' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'former court favourite? boycott's no good' is the wordplay.
'former court favourite?' becomes 'Tim' (Tim Henman, favourite on a tennis court).
'boycott' becomes 'Geoff' (cricketer Geoff Boycott).
'no' is a deletion indicator.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'geoff' with 'g' taken out is 'eoff'.
'tim'+'eoff'='TIME OFF'

'with' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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