take it on the lam

== English == === Etymology === From on the lam. === Verb === take it on the lam (third-person singular simple present takes it on the lam, present participle taking it on the lam, simple past took it on the lam, past participle taken it on the lam) (US, informal, idiomatic) To escape. === Further reading === “take it on the lam”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “take it on the lam”, in Collins English Dictionary.