"out sick" meaning in English

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, CFO.",
          "text": "“We didn't think it was right that an executive should get paid when he's out sick while a production worker gets docked.\" Being fair has paid off for American Steel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Cosmopolitan",
          "text": "Picture the grilling you'll get ahead of time, to anticipate questions that don't arise in typical job interviews: “If you're out sick, will your partner cover for you? What if one of you quits?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Absent from work due to an illness."
      ],
      "id": "en-out_sick-en-adj-NVm~hjyp",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US) Absent from work due to an illness."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "out sick"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, CFO.",
          "text": "“We didn't think it was right that an executive should get paid when he's out sick while a production worker gets docked.\" Being fair has paid off for American Steel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Cosmopolitan",
          "text": "Picture the grilling you'll get ahead of time, to anticipate questions that don't arise in typical job interviews: “If you're out sick, will your partner cover for you? What if one of you quits?”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Absent from work due to an illness."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, US) Absent from work due to an illness."
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        "idiomatic",
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  "word": "out sick"
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