call in sick

(verb) to telephone your boss and tell him or her that you are too sick to work

Example Sentence:

Jenkins, if you keep calling in sick every Friday, you are going to get fired!

A: Where is Sarah today?
B: She just called in sick. I think she has a cold.

A: Are you going to go to the beach with us?
B: Yeah, just let me call in sick and then I’m ready to go!

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Similar idioms:

1. ticked off
2. pissed off
3. bulletproof
4. call off
5. pissed
6. sick and tired of
7. call one’s dogs off
8. throw cold water on
9. snow under
10. make it in
11. talk shop
12. bail
13. get out of something
14. on the mend
15. tough call