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Time off is sacred — I had a break (7)

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I believe the answer is:

holiday

'time off' is the definition.
(eg a holiday is time off from work)

'sacred i had a break' is the wordplay.
'sacred' becomes 'holy' (similar in meaning).
'i had' becomes 'I'd' (common contraction).
'break' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters break the word apart).
'id'+'a'='ida'
'holy' going around 'ida' is 'HOLIDAY'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for holiday that I've seen before include "See 8" , "Day of festivity" , "Billie" , "- leave" , "Time off work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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