AWOL
Absent without official leaveAbsent without official leave (permission).
» Tom has been AWOL since last week.
Том с прошлой недели находится в самовольной отлучке. — odexed
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1 senses(not comparable)Absent without official leave (permission).
The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.
unerlaubt abwesend, eigenmächtig abwesend, unentschuldigt fehlend
в самово́льной отлу́чкеv samovólʹnoj otlúčke, в самово́лкеv samovólke
СЗЧSZČ, самовільне залишення частиниsamovilʹne zalyšennja častyny
absent without permission
Examples
5 sentencesTom has been AWOL since last week.
ruТом с прошлой недели находится в самовольной отлучке. — odexed
Tom is AWOL.
Tom has gone AWOL.
ruТом ушел в самоволку. — sharptoothed
deTom fehlt unentschuldigt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Lorenzo went AWOL from the military.
He's gone AWOL.
Translations
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Origin
Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.
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