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taking it on the lam

taking it on the lam is the present participle and gerund 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 taking it on the lam

What is taking it on the lam the present participle and gerund of?
Taking it on the lam is the present participle and gerund of take it on the lam.

Words near taking it on the lam in the dictionary

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

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