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absent without leave
Idioms and Phrases
Away without permission or explanation, as in Her daughter went to the mall but got in trouble for being absent without leave . The term and its acronym, AWOL , originated in the American military during World War I for soldiers absent from duty without permission (leave). It later was transferred to civilian situations, as in John didn't just cut his Tuesday classes; he went AWOL .Example Sentences
Walker returned the gun before going absent without leave for three days.
When Hnezdilov went absent without leave, he went public with demands for a clear time frame for ending military service.
While City’s midfield went absent without leave in the second half, the veteran Kyle Walker looked every one of his 34 years as he was given a torrid time by Kaoru Mitoma, then substitute Joao Pedro.
It was unclear Monday if the soldier is considered absent without leave, or AWOL.
Gen. Zaw Min Tun, the spokesperson for the ruling military council, was quoted Tuesday in state media as saying that about 1,000 soldiers who deserted, or went absent without leave or had retired, had gone through the process of requesting the military for their return to service.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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