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Sickie Threw Throw Verb Noun Pretend Sick Day

Collocation Throw a sickie
Type Verb + Noun
Examples if you throw a sickie, you pretend to be sick to take a day off work. / He threw a sickie to get Friday off. / She just didn't feel like going to work so she threw a sickie and went shopping. / When was the last time you threw a sickie?

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