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out sick

idiom

Absent from work due to an illness.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    sick and tired

    Bored to the point of weariness.

  2. 02

    sick as a parrot

    Very disappointed; miserable.

  3. 03

    sick at heart

    Despairing, distressed, or anxious.

  4. 04

    sick list

    A list of people who are ill.

  5. 05

    sick man

    A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest.

  6. 06

    sick puppy

    A person who is sick (mentally disturbed) in a morbid or gruesome way.

  7. 07

    sick to the back teeth

    Extremely annoyed, fed up, tired (of or with something).

  8. 08

    sick with worry

    Extremely anxious or distressed.

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