单词 | to call in sick |
释义 | > as lemmasto call in sick c. intransitive. With adjectival complement: to contact one's employer, school, etc., typically by telephone, to report one's absence that day, esp. due to illness; esp. in to call in sick. ΚΠ 1943 Washington Post 3 July b1 This being a holiday weekend, employees in Treasury's loans and currency section..were warned yesterday not to call in sick either today or Monday under any circumstances. 1978 Sun Reporter (San Francisco) 4 May 6 Brown has a glittering record of work attendance, marred by one day off in 1969 when he called in ill. 1990 J. C. Oates Because it is Bitter ii. xv. 233 ‘Oh, hell, honey,’ she says, mischievous as a truant schoolgirl. ‘Call in sick.’ 2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds ix. 140 They would call in sick..an hour before their shift from some bar in Queens. < as lemmas |
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