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go AWOL

VERB
abscond
Synonyms
STRONG
bolt break decamp disappear escape fade flee get hightail jump leave quit scram skedaddle slip slip away split vamoose vanish
WEAK
beat it clear out cut and run dog it duck out fly the coop go south make a break make off make scarce pull out run off skip out sneak away steal away take off
Antonyms
STRONG
appear arrive come continue face join remain stay strengthen wait
WEAK
abide endure give up stop yield
VERB
desert
Synonyms
STRONGEST
betray bolt depart escape flee forsake give up quit vacate
STRONG
abscond apostatize beach chuck decamp duck fly go jilt leave light maroon relinquish renounce resign split strand tergiversate walk
WEAK
bail out check out cop out crawl out go back on go over the hill go west leave high and dry leave in the lurch leave stranded opt out play truant pull out run out on sneak off take a hike take off throw over violate oath
Antonyms
STRONGEST
come continue remain stay wait
STRONG
care face hold keep maintain stop
WEAK
aid assist come back help support

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

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

From Salon

Others grow curious and go AWOL.

From Salon

“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.

From Seattle Times

While it is technically possibly for an IUD to go AWOL—well, according to a piece in Self by Zahra Barnes:

From Slate

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.