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taken it on the lam

taken it on the lam is the past participle of take it on the lam.

Meaning of take it on the lam

Verb

take it on the lam

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal) To escape.
    • They didn't take it on the lam weirdly inside a cloud the way Clevinger had done.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168

Questions about taken it on the lam

What is taken it on the lam the past participle of?
Taken it on the lam is the past participle of take it on the lam.

Words near taken it on the lam in the dictionary

  1. taken it away
  2. taken it easy
  3. taken it from the top
  4. taken it into one's head
  5. taken it on the arches
  6. taken it on the lam
  7. taken it out in
  8. taken it out of
  9. taken it out on
  10. taken it outside
  11. taken it to the next level

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