Hot, so daily agitates for time off (8)

I believe the answer is:

holidays

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'for time off' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'hot so daily agitates' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'agitates' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'agitating' mean this).
'so'+'daily'='sodaily'
'sodaily' is an anagram of 'olidays'.
'h'+'olidays'='HOLIDAYS'

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(Other definitions for holidays that I've seen before include "Leisure times" , "Is away" , "Leaves" , "Vacations 98)" , "Lidos, yah? (Anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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