be on leave

He and his wife had gone home on three months' leave.

Staff members on leave have been told not to return.

He was on medical leave at the time of his death.

His first experience with men came when he was home on leave at age 21.

He had been on leave because of health problems since 2000.

He was on military leave with his wife and son.

Certainly a professor on his leave would not take them along.

He is on paid leave until the end of his campaign.

She went on medical leave in the spring of 2001.

When his real father came home on leave, they would spend time together.