on the lam
idiom
US, informal
: trying to avoid being caught by the police
two escaped convicts on the lam
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The film follows his time living for months in a Toys R Us while on the lam in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2004.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
The last of 10 inmates who had been on the lam following a New Orleans jailbreak in May has been captured, police said Wednesday.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
This poor man, who had undiagnosed schizophrenia in these giant sweeping landscapes with just the wind and frozen corn, and no one to talk to, an abusive mother, a brother who’s out on the lam.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
The suspect on the lam in Holliday Park — around 30 pounds, ash gray, pronounced snout — will not respond to reason, pleas, threats or bargains.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
The last of 10 inmates who had been on the lam following a New Orleans jailbreak in May has been captured, police said Wednesday.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
This poor man, who had undiagnosed schizophrenia in these giant sweeping landscapes with just the wind and frozen corn, and no one to talk to, an abusive mother, a brother who’s out on the lam.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
The suspect on the lam in Holliday Park — around 30 pounds, ash gray, pronounced snout — will not respond to reason, pleas, threats or bargains.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
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