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on the lamb

on the lamb is the misspelling of on the lam.

Meaning of on the lam

Adjective

on the lam (not comparable)

  1. Running away, usually from the police; on the run.
    • The President: 'Hello... I am still on the lam from debt collectors.'2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo, space e-mail

Questions about on the lamb

What is on the lamb the misspelling of?
On the lamb is the misspelling of on the lam.

Words near on the lamb in the dictionary

  1. on the job
  2. on the jump
  3. on the knocker
  4. on the ladder
  5. on the lam
  6. on the lamb
  7. on the lash
  8. on the latch
  9. on the level
  10. on the line
  11. on the lines of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the lamb (page history and authors); on the lam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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