took it the lam (verb) lam: escape
Sinonime: abscond,
avoid, bail out,
blow*,
bolt*, break out, burst out,
circumvent, cut and run, cut loose, decamp,
depart,
desert,
disappear,
dodge*,
double,
duck, duck out, elope,
elude,
emerge,
evade,
flee, fly the coop,
fly*, get away, get away with, get off, give someone the slip, go scot-free,
leave, make a getaway, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce,
pass, play hooky,
run, run away, run off, run out on,
shun,
skip, slip away,
slip*, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take it on the lam, take on the lam,
vanish, work out of, wriggle out