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on the lam en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From lam (“flight, escape”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Running away, usually from the police; on the run.
    • Charges of Russian meddling, including allegations of vote-buying by a Moldovan oligarch on the lam in Russia, could have substance. 2024 November 25, Fred Weir, “In shifting world, post-Soviet states look back to a constant: Russia”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
    • Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco. 2007, Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger:
    • There have been more bank runs, executives on the lam, arrests and credit panics than the country has seen in years. 2012 September 15, “Vietnam: A Tiger at Bay”, in The Economist:
    • The President: 'Hello... I am still on the lam from debt collectors.' 2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo, space e-mail

Relateds

take it on the lam · lambaste

Translations (5)

sv på fri fot (running away; on the run) · gl á fuga (running away; on the run) · gl a fume de carozo (running away; on the run) · de auf der Flucht (running away; on the run) · ru в бега́х (running away; on the run)