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on the lam
Running away, especially from the police, as in He's always in some kind of trouble and perpetually on the lam. The origin of this slangy term of the 1800s is not known.
Example Sentences
In summary, Charlie is a Las Vegas cocktail waitress who goes on the lam after she calls B.S. on the wrong person: her mobbed-up boss.
What are the odds that Luke would randomly buy a salvaged droid that just so happened to be on the lam from his own daddy?
A gifted computer programmer, avid skydiver and motorcycle racer, Landi had been a man on the lam for roughly a decade.
Two tough women: Aminah Nieves as Teonna, who is on the lam.
After going on the lam with the help of the local parish priest, Babs returns some five years later to find her exploits have made her a hero in Little Canada and the community’s putative matriarch and protector.
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