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at one's leisure

See: AT LEISURE (2).

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[at leisure] {adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. Not at work; not busy; with free time; at rest. * /Come and visit us some evening when you're at leisure./ 2. or […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[leisure] See: [AT LEISURE] or [AT ONE'S LEISURE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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