on the lam
idiom
US, informal
: trying to avoid being caught by the police
two escaped convicts on the lam
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By contrast, Mangione lasted all of five days on the lam, and appears not to have redistributed any of UnitedHealthcare’s revenues.
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Day after day, papers tallied up how many monkeys had been captured and how many remained on the lam.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
In some instances, some users have even praised Thompson's murder and the shooter, who is still on the lam and not been publicly identified as of Friday evening.
—Desiree Adib, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
Charges of Russian meddling, including allegations of vote-buying by a Moldovan oligarch on the lam in Russia, could have substance.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Day after day, papers tallied up how many monkeys had been captured and how many remained on the lam.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
In some instances, some users have even praised Thompson's murder and the shooter, who is still on the lam and not been publicly identified as of Friday evening.
—Desiree Adib, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2024
Charges of Russian meddling, including allegations of vote-buying by a Moldovan oligarch on the lam in Russia, could have substance.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2024
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