Definitions

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

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024

Hall didn’t seem the kind of person to go AWOL.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2016

Bergdahl isn’t the first soldier to go AWOL.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2016

Angelique Borden, who spent nearly five years at the facility beginning in 2007, said the male residents often pressured the girls to go AWOL.

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 5, 2014

I’m worried there’s some law about reporting homeschooled kids when they go AWOL.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

go AWOL

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