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1)laying low
2)running from the feds She broke the law, now she's on the lam.
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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-muffin and now im on the lam so you better scram or ill knock you off. Kepeesh!"
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"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
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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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