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absent without leave (AWOL)

[absent without leave (AWOL)] {adj.}

Absent without permission; used mostly in the military.

/Jack left Fort Sheridan without asking his commanding officer, and was punished for going AWOL./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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