On-the-lam Definition

On-the-lam Sentence Examples

• The police were in hot pursuit of the convicts on the lam.

• The robbers knew they had to go on the lam and lay low for a while to avoid being caught.

• The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou, which is a Coen Brothers creation, was set in Depression era Mississippi and told the story of three escaped convicts who managed to develop a music career while on the lam.