pull a sickie

verb

Definitions

  1. To skip work or school or avoid an obligation by pretending to be sick.

    • But not all excuses for pulling a sickie are equal, it seems.
    • 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.

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