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took it on the lam

took it on the lam is the simple past 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 took it on the lam

What is took it on the lam the simple past of?
Took it on the lam is the simple past of take it on the lam.

Words near took it on the lam in the dictionary

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

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