awol
pronunciation
How to pronounce awol in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce awol in American English:
US
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- Adjective:
- absent without permission
- having deserted your post or station without leave
Word Origin
- awol (adj.)
- also a.w.o.l., military initialism (acronym) for absent without leave. The -o- seems to be there mostly so the assemblage can be pronounced as a word. In U.S. military use at least from World War II, popular use by 1960.
Example
- 1. But do you really think this is worth going awol over ?
- 2. He 's been awol since the day of her murder .
- 3. The next month a raven went awol again , this time because of a programming error that sent it south .
- 4. I thought you went awol .
- 5. Two soldiers has gone awol last night .