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noun the sick ADJ. chronic, long-term VERB + SICK visit | care for, look after workers who are caring for the sick and elderly | treat | cure, heal the Church's mission to preach the gospel and heal the sick PHRASES the sick and wounded The sick and wounded were evacuated from the war zone., adj. ill VERBS be, look | become, fall (formal), get (informal) He fell sick with yellow fever. She was afraid she would get sick if she stayed in that place any longer. ADV. chronically, desperately, extremely, terribly, very The house has accommodation for up to 60 chronically sick or disabled residents. a very sick woman in the next bed | incurably, terminally | mentally PHRASES be off sick John's not in the office today, he's off sick. ill in your stomach VERBS be, feel, look Mum, I feel sick! | get I get travel-sick if I sit in the back seat. | make sb If you eat all that chocolate it'll make you sick. ADV. horribly, really, very, violently He leaned sideways and was violently sick. | almost | a bit, faintly, a little, quite, rather, slightly | continually | physically Every time I think about it I feel physically sick. PREP. with Laura felt almost sick with embarrassment. PHRASES be as sick as a dog bored/disgusted/annoyed VERBS be | become, get I'm getting sick of all these delays. | make sb Her attitude makes me sick. ADV. heartily, really He was getting heartily sick of all the false sympathy. | absolutely, thoroughly | a bit, pretty, rather She was getting a bit sick of his moaning. PREP. of I'm getting sick of you leaving things in a mess. PHRASES sick and tired of sth, sick to death of sth, sick to the back teeth of sth cruel/in bad taste VERBS be, seem, sound ADV. extremely, really, very You're really sick, you know that? | pretty, rather It was pretty sick humour, I thought. PHRASES sick in the head Whoever started the fire must be sick in the head.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): sick (up)
Sl. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. • I think I’m going to sick up. Isn’t there supposed to be a barf bag in one of these seat pockets? • He’s got to sick, and there’s no air sickness bag. Help!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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sick
verbs
get sick
(= become ill )
• The boy got sick, and he just got worse and worse.
fall/take sick
formal (= become ill, especially with something serious or that will last a long time )
• He fell sick and died within a matter of weeks.
be off sick
British English , be out sick American English (= be away from work or school because you are ill )
• Half my staff were off sick.
call/phone/ring in sick
(= phone to say you are not coming in to work because you are ill )
• I could have called in sick, but I knew you needed this report.
sick + NOUN
sick leave
(= time that you can stay away from work because you are ill )
• He returned to duty after two months’ sick leave.
sick pay
(= money paid to an employee who is too ill to work )
• Only full-time employees got sick pay.
somebody's sick bed
(= the bed where a sick person is lying )
• He left his sick bed to play in the game.
the sick room
(= the room where a sick person is )
• She had spent the last hour in her mother’s sick room.
the sick bay
(= a room where there are beds for people who are sick, for example on a ship or in a school )
• I was confined to the ship's sick bay until we arrived back in Liverpool.
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