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He called in sick and went shopping with his wife.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
call in sick (to) — Take a day off from work. ► “According to a survey conducted by the Gallup Organization, 24% of employed adults say that they call in sick at least once a year when they are not really sick.” (HR Magazine, May 1995, p. 20) … American business jargon
call in sick — to telephone work or school to say you are ill and will not be there. I woke up with a terrible cold and had to call in sick last week … New idioms dictionary
call in sick — to phone someone at the place where you work to tell them you are too ill to work He called in sick and went shopping with his wife … English dictionary
call in sick — phrasal to report by telephone that one will be absent because of illness … New Collegiate Dictionary
call in sick — notify a workplace that one will not come to work due to illness … English contemporary dictionary
call in — verb 1. summon to enter (Freq. 2) The nurse called in the next patient • Hypernyms: ↑invite, ↑ask in • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. summon to a particular activity or employment … Useful english dictionary
sick — 1 /sIk/ adjective 1 ILL suffering from a disease or illness: Where s Sheila is she sick? | a sick child | get sick AmE (=become ill): At the last minute I got sick and couldn t go. | sick as a dog (=very sick): Pete s at home in bed, sick as a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
call — call1 [ kɔl ] verb *** ▸ 1 ask/tell someone to come ▸ 2 shout to someone ▸ 3 telephone someone ▸ 4 describe someone/something ▸ 5 use a name for someone/something ▸ 6 say/announce something loudly ▸ 7 organize something ▸ 8 of animals ▸ 9 say… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
call — [[t]kɔ͟ːl[/t]] ♦ calls, calling, called 1) VERB If you call someone or something by a particular name or title, you give them that name or title. [V n n] I always wanted to call the dog Mufty for some reason... [V n n] Doctor... Will you please… … English dictionary
sick — sick1 W3S1 [sık] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ill)¦ 2 be sick 3 feel sick 4 make me/you sick 5 make somebody/yourself sick 6 be sick (and tired) of (doing) something 7 be worried sick/be sick with worry 8¦(strange/cruel)¦ 9 sick at heart … Dictionary of contemporary English
