Work & careers
call in sick
phone work to report illness
To call in sick means to phone your workplace and say that you are ill and cannot come in.
Hear it in real life
Why isn't Daniel here today?
He called in sick before the meeting.
I had a fever this morning, so I called in sick to work.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I called ‸ sick to work yesterday.
Say: I called in sick to work yesterday.
Keep the particle “in” in this expression: “call in sick.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
call in sick; call in sick to work
Your turn: say it out loud
I had a fever this morning, so I called in sick to work.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
call in sick
phone work to report illness
“I had a fever this morning, so I called in sick to work.”
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