AWOLadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈeɪ.wɒl/us/ˈeɪ.wɑːl/abbreviation for absent without leave: used to say that a member of the armed forces is away without permission:
The pilot is serving 22 days' detention for going AWOL.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The armed forces generally
- camouflage
- challenge
- civilian
- deploy
- French Foreign Legion
- march
- martial
- military
- mission
- mod
- paramilitary
- psych ops
- quick march! idiom
- recce
- regular
- sealed orders
- soldiering
- the armed forces
- the military-industrial complex
- the National Guard
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Idiom(s)
go AWOL