AWOL vs on the loose

AWOL

adj
  • Absent without official leave (permission). 

noun
  • Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed. 

  • Someone or something missing. 

  • A person who holds AWOL status. 

  • Somebody who is absent without permission. 

on the loose

prep
  • Not incarcerated or in captivity; not under control. 

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