GO AWOL Definition & Meaning

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go AWOL

To take unauthorized time off from work, school, or other duties: “Let's go AWOL and catch a baseball game this afternoon.” AWOL is an acronym for “absent without leave [permission].” The term originated with the military during World War I .

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Can you take us inside James's head when he does go AWOL?

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For James to decide to go AWOL, he could have ended up in military prison.

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Others grow curious and go AWOL.

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“Getting out of the war automatically means criminal prosecution,” Tabalov said, adding there have been a flurry of criminal cases since December, with prosecutions of soldiers who desert or go AWOL.

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