| 单词 | to call out sick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call out sick 8. intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To contact one's employer, school, etc., typically by telephone, to report one's absence; chiefly with complement, esp. in to call out sick. ΚΠ 1976 Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg-Leominster, Mass.) 16 Apr. 1/6 Bray said no one called out sick in the DPW at all this week..[due] to his demands that anyone out sick must have a doctor to certify illness. 1996 Perspectives Mar. 31/2 When the kids get sick and my husband is not available, I am the relief veterinarian and can't very well call out from work. 2012 H. K. Lanier Teaching in Terrordome vi. 89 When a teacher called out, classrooms sometimes went unsupervised. 2014 D. Clawson & N. Gerstel Unequal Time vii. 133 It's pretty rare for people to call out sick. We have a very high threshold for calling out sick. < as lemmas |
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