out sick
(idiomatic, US) Absent from work due to an illness.
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Call out sick or I'll chew on your cables
i'm a bit stuck on my project at work (need someone to run an automation for me because i don't have the permissions needed, and the dev who usually does those is out sick) so i've been slacking off on company time al…
We’ll get some answers later about dev roster etc but Marta, Ashlon et al aren’t here. 11 players on the court with Juste still in Spain and Rupert out sick today
find a room, call out sick, go go go
I think it was last Tuesday and said they'd make a decision by yesterday (sort of sounded like a guess though?) they also seem to have someone on the hiring team out sick or something. They followed up on my licensu…
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(idiomatic, US) Absent from work due to an illness.
“Call out sick or I'll chew on your cables”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i'm a bit stuck on my project at work (need someone to run an automation for me because i don't have the permissions needed, and the dev who usually does those is out sick) so i've been slacking off on company time all week...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We’ll get some answers later about dev roster etc but Marta, Ashlon et al aren’t here. 11 players on the court with Juste still in Spain and Rupert out sick today”
— Bluesky· May 2026“find a room, call out sick, go go go”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think it was last Tuesday and said they'd make a decision by yesterday (sort of sounded like a guess though?) they also seem to have someone on the hiring team out sick or something. They followed up on my licensure information on Friday and I didn't hear from them yesterday”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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