go AWOL

to become absent without leave. (Originally military.) Private Smith went AWOL last Wednesday. Now he's in a military prison. Tom went AWOL and finally we had to fire him.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arnie	AHR-nee	English
Moran	-	Hebrew
Ioel	-	Biblical Greek
Ata (1)	-	Turkish
GaŠPer	-	Slovene
Edvard	ED-vahrd (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Czech, Armenian