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takes it on the lam

takes it on the lam is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 takes it on the lam

What is takes it on the lam the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes it on the lam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take it on the lam.

Words near takes it on the lam in the dictionary

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

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