go AWOL

See: ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.

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[absent without leave (AWOL)] {adj.} Absent without permission; used mostly in the military. * /Jack left Fort Sheridan without asking his commanding officer, and was punished for going AWOL./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

AWOL

[AWOL] See: [ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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