take it on the lam

verb

To escape.

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Meanings

verb
  1. USidiomaticinformalTo escape.

    They didn't take it on the lam weirdly inside a cloud the way Clevinger had done.

    1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
escape

Origin

From on the lam.

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APA

take it on the lam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam

MLA

“take it on the lam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take it on the lam,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam.

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