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call in sick
USUK
to phone or message your workplace to say you are ill and will not come in
Used for work, and sometimes school. Today people often 'call in sick' by text or chat, not only by phone.
In context
Half the office called in sick the day after the year-end party.
If you have a fever, call in sick and stay at home.
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