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Call in sick Meaning in English

expression

ˈkɔɫ/ /ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈsɪk
KAWL-in-SIK
kˈɔːl/ /ˈɪn/ /sˈɪk
KAWL-in-SIK

التعريف

To call your job or manager to say you are too sick to work, so you will not go to work that day.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal, common in the US. Used mainly for employees notifying workplace absence due to illness. Variations: 'call out sick' (more common in some regions), 'phone in sick.' Don't use for reporting other absences, only sickness. Often followed by 'today,' 'this morning,' etc.

جمل نموذجية

I need to call in sick because I have a fever.

basic

She will call in sick and stay home today.

basic

John had to call in sick after catching a cold.

basic

I didn't want to call in sick, but I was really too ill to work.

natural

It's not good to call in sick unless you truly can't go to work.

natural

My coworker always seems to call in sick on Mondays.

natural