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lam

noun

1 lam

A rapid escape (as by criminals):
— After the expose he had to take it on the lam.

synonym: getaway.

verb

1 lam

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.

synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, run, run away, scarper, scat ... show more.

Dutch: weglopen, vluchten

2 lam

Give a thrashing to; beat hard.

synonyms: flail, thrash, thresh.


Moby thesaurus: absquatulate, batter, beat, beat it, blow, breakout, decamp, dog it, drub, duck and run, duck out, flight, getaway, hammer, make off, paste, pelt, pound, powder, pummel ... show more.

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