AWOL vs runaround

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. 

runaround

noun
  • A detour or route that bypasses an obstacle. 

  • A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting the bone. 

  • An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses. 

  • A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration. 

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