absent

  • 91absent-minded professor — noun a) A stereotypical fictional character whose focus on academic matters leads them to ignore or forget their surroundings. An absent minded professor, in going out of the gateway of his college, ran against a cow. In the confusion of the… …

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  • 92absent\ without\ leave — • AWOL • go AWOL • absent without leave adj Absent without permission; used mostly in the military. Jack left Fort Sheridan without asking his commanding officer, and was punished for going AWOL …

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  • 93absent-minded — forgetful My grandfather is very absent minded and often forgets his key. рассеянный Нe is the tyрical absent minded рrofessor, always leaving his umbrella and other рossessions on the bus or streetcar …

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  • 94absent-minded — adjective forgetful or inattentive. Derivatives absent mindedly adverb absent mindedness noun …

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  • 95absent-minded — /æbsənt ˈmaɪndəd / (say absuhnt muynduhd) adjective forgetful of one s immediate surroundings; preoccupied. –absent mindedly, adverb –absent mindedness, noun …

  • 96absent without leave — adjective : absent from one s place of duty in the armed forces without authority abbr. AWOL * * * Mil. See AWOL. * * * absent without leave, (of a soldier, sailor, or other military personnel) away from one s post without permission, but without …

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  • 97absent 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./ …

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  • 98absent 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./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 99absent without leave — adjective Date: 1797 absent without authority from one s place of duty in the armed forces …

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  • 100absent-mindedness — See absent mindedly. * * * …

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