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lam
1[lam]
verb (used with object)
to beat; thrash.
verb (used without object)
to beat; strike; thrash (usually followed by out orinto ).
lam
2[lam]
noun
a hasty escape; flight.
verb (used without object)
to run away quickly; escape; flee.
I'm going to lam out of here as soon as I've finished.
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3[lahm]
noun
the 23rd letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Lam
4[lahm, lam]
noun
Wifredo or Wilfredo 1902–82, Cuban painter in Europe.
lam.
5abbreviation
laminated.
Lam.
6abbreviation
Lamentations.
lam
1/ ±ôæ³¾ /
noun
a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest
making an escape
in hiding
verb
(intr) to escape or flee
lam
2/ ±ôæ³¾ /
verb
(tr) to thrash or beat
(intr; usually foll by into or out) to make a sweeping stroke or blow
Lam.
3abbreviation
Lamentations
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of lam1
Origin of lam2
Idioms and Phrases
on the lam, escaping, fleeing, or hiding, especially from the police.
He's been on the lam ever since he escaped from jail.
take it on the lam, to flee or escape in great haste.
The swindler took it on the lam and was never seen again.
Example Sentences
What are the odds that Luke would randomly buy a salvaged droid that just so happened to be on the lam from his own daddy?
A gifted computer programmer, avid skydiver and motorcycle racer, Landi had been a man on the lam for roughly a decade.
What follows are musical snapshots of an artist, who on the lam from himself, hones a style that will forever change the landscape of modern music.
Durst may have never faced a Galveston, Texas jury if he hadn’t been caught trying to steal a grocery store sandwich while he was on the lam.
The two animals on the lam caused an unusual traffic jam Saturday afternoon as they wove through slowing traffic and then stopped it on Interstate 90 in the downtown Cleveland area.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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