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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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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