pull a sickie
English
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Verb
pull a sickie (third-person singular simple present pulls a sickie, present participle pulling a sickie, simple past and past participle pulled a sickie)
- (slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To take a day off from work feigning ill health.
- 2015 November 7, Lucy White, “The most acceptable reasons to take a sick day revealed”, in The Independent[1]:
- But not all excuses for pulling a sickie are equal, it seems.
- 2016 June 16, James Andrews, Julia Rampen, “Can you be sacked for watching England-Wales at work? These are your rights”, in Daily Mirror[2]:
- We decided to check exactly what your boss can - and can't - do to employees who bunk off, tune in at work, slide off to the pub or pull a sickie.
Synonyms
- (claim a sick day): chuck a sickie, throw a sickie, see also Thesaurus:shirk
Translations
to feign illness so to take time off work
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