meaning of "on my year out"

[Awake2reality]

Hi,

This is from a CAE listening section:

I decided to come here on my year out because it's so different to all the other places I could have gone to. ......

My problem is with "on my year out". What does it mean? Out of school?

Thanks.

[Mister Micawber]

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'Year off' would be more expected. 'Year out' is unfamiliar to me.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Awake2reality]

Thank you very much MM,

This was from one of the exercises of 'Ready for CAE' by Roy Norris,Macmillan.

I do appreciate your response.

[Adam]

You don't hear "year out" often. I would guess the person did one thing, did something else for a year, and then went back to it. For example, he was a carpenter, was a chef for a year, then went back to being a carpenter. "On my year out, I learned to cook good food."

[Awake2reality]

That was a very helpful example. Thanks a lot adam.