ON THE LAM


Meaning of ON THE LAM in English

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 took it on the lam.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.