on the lam
в бегах
auf der Flucht
Running away, usually from the policeRunning away, usually from the police; on the run.
» Tom is on the lam.
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1 senses(not comparable)Running away, usually from the police; on the run.
auf der Flucht
в бега́хv begáx
Examples
7 sentencesTom is on the lam.
Are you on the lam?
He's a jailbird on the lam.
She's on the lam.
He's on the lam.
ruОн в бегах. — marafon
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
running away; on the run:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
running away; on the run:
Origin
From lam (“flight, escape”).From lam (“flight, escape”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlambaste
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.