- take it on the lam
- tv. to get out of town; to run away. (Underworld.)□ Both took it on the lam when things got hot.□ Bruno knew that the time had come to take it on the lam.
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take it on the lam — To make an escape or flee • • • Main Entry: ↑lam … Useful english dictionary
on the lam — Escaping, running away • • • Main Entry: ↑lam * * * on the lam mainly american informal phrase running away from someone such as the police Thesaurus: wanted by the policehyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
on the lam — {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {slang} Running away, especially from the law; in flight. * /The bank robber was on the lam for ten months before the police caught him./ Sometimes used in the phrase take it on the lam . * /After a big quarrel with her… … Dictionary of American idioms
on the lam — {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {slang} Running away, especially from the law; in flight. * /The bank robber was on the lam for ten months before the police caught him./ Sometimes used in the phrase take it on the lam . * /After a big quarrel with her… … Dictionary of American idioms
on\ the\ lam — adj or adv. phr. slang Running away, especially from the law; in flight. The bank robber was on the lam for ten months before the police caught him. Sometimes used in the phrase take it on the lam . After a big quarrel with her father, the girl… … Словарь американских идиом
Marge on the Lam — The Simpsons episode Marge and Ruth being pursued by police in the style of the infamous end of the movie Thelma Louise. Episode no … Wikipedia
lam — lam1 [lam] vt., vi. lammed, lamming [< Scand, as in ON lemja, lit., to lame: see LAME1] [Old Slang] to beat; hit; strike ☆ lam2 [lam ] n. [< ? LAM1: cf. slang beat it!] Slang headlong flight, usually to escape punishment for … English World dictionary
lam — I v Slang. Usu. lam out or into beat, strike, thrash, batter, pound, lay on, pummel, pelt, Sl. paste; flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge; strap, thresh, flail, spank, Inf. tan [s.o. s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf. lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lam — lam1 /lam/, v., lammed, lamming. Slang. v.t. 1. to beat; thrash. v.i. 2. to beat; strike; thrash (usually fol. by out or into). [1590 1600; < ON lamdi, past tense of lemja to beat; akin to LAME1] lam2 … Universalium
lam — I. /læm/ (say lam) Colloquial –verb (t) (lammed, lamming) 1. to beat; strike. –phrase 2. lam into, to thrash; rain down a succession of blows on. {from Old Norse lamði, past tense of lemja beat so as to disable; related to lame1} II. /læm/ (say… …
