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Running away, especially from the police, as in He's always in some kind of trouble and perpetually on the lam. The origin of this slangy term of the 1800s is not known.

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Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
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Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
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I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
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Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
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