called in sick
Phoned absence excuse
Called in sick means to notify an employer by phone that you won't be coming to work due to illness: I called in sick and spent the day in bed.
The phrase persists even when the notification happens by text or email rather than an actual phone call.
It sometimes implies faking illness to skip work: He called in sick to go to the baseball game.
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- playing hookySkipping school secretly
- duvet dayLeave for lounging
- personal dayDiscretionary absence from work
- malingererOne feigning sickness
pull a sickie · excuse · no-show · voicemail · burnout · flu · Monday · unwell · cold · under the weather · food poisoning · unavailable · stress · boundaries · stigma · notify · report · migraine
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Traveled to employment
punched in · showed up · came in · on the job
called in sicksoldiered on
Persisted through adversity
powered through · perfect attendance · burned the midnight oil · presenteeism · went the extra mile
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