out sick

idiom

US
: not at work because one is sick
She has been out sick all week.

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Wong has been out sick but should be back and ready to go by Opening Day, and we’ve been given no indication of where things stand in the competition between Narvaez and Sabol. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025 If the key person in your operation is out sick or on vacation, someone else has to be ready to serve your customers seamlessly. Don Yaeger, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 Singh said he is typically supposed to handle a caseload of 20 patients, but that can often balloon to 40 when other nurses are out sick. Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The following day, Joy Behar announced that the actress was out sick with the virus. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for out sick

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“Out sick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20sick. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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