take it on the lam

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take it on the lam

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From on the lam.

verb

  1. US, idiomatic, informal To escape. They didn't take it on the lam weirdly inside a cloud the way Clevinger had done.

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"take it on the lam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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take it on the lam. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam

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"take it on the lam." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam.

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@misc{take_it_on_the_lam_2026,
  title = {take it on the lam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20it%20on%20the%20lam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}