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 hacks asked their 1,584,403 virtue-signaling voters to take in a few of the vacationing savages on the lam from the law in their primitive homelands.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
His alleged killer has been on the lam ever since, until a tip cracked the cold case and lead to his arrest Saturday.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025
The film follows his time living for months in a Toys R Us while on the lam in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2004.
—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
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
His alleged killer has been on the lam ever since, until a tip cracked the cold case and lead to his arrest Saturday.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025
The film follows his time living for months in a Toys R Us while on the lam in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2004.
—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
See All Example Sentences for on the lam
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“On the lam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20lam. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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