Idiom
out sick
Meaning
Absent from work due to an illness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My coworker is out sick today.”
“Since our manager is out sick, we have to reschedule the weekly team meeting.”
“The department head remained out sick for the remainder of the week, leaving the junior staff to manage the urgent project deadlines alone.”
Examples
simple
“My coworker is out sick today.”
contextual
“Since our manager is out sick, we have to reschedule the weekly team meeting.”
complex
“The department head remained out sick for the remainder of the week, leaving the junior staff to manage the urgent project deadlines alone.”
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