on the lam
1)laying low
2)running from the feds
she broke the law, now she’s on the lam.
to be running away from the authorities. this term dates back to the 1920’s and was a part of urban slang.
“i pinched the hooch from some drugstore cowboy of a raggle-m-ffin and now im on the lam so you better scram or ill knock you off. kepeesh!”
“on the lam” or “on the run” often refers to fugitives. the thesaurus of american slang proclaim that lam, lamister, and “on the lam” — all referring to a hasty departure — were common in thieves’ slang before the turn of the twentieth century. a “lamister”, or, “lamster,” is a slang term for fugitive.
hey, johnny! have you seen mugsy?” “naw, he’s on the lam for that caper he pulled in the bronx
to be in hiding. lam means “leave a message,” meaning you are not home or in town, i.e. on the run.
“when the gangs decided to go to war, jamal went on the lam to avoid getting killed.”
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