VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Take it on the lam

Meaning:

to run away.

Examples:

  • I'm gonna give you a break, sister. Take it on the lam.
  • Come on, dear, we must take it on the lam.
  • A year-and-a-half ago the heat was on, and I had to take it on the lam.
  • I think the best thing your friend Mrs. Kenny ever did was take it on the lam.