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lam
1[ lam ]
verb (used with object)
, lammed, lam·ming.
- to beat; thrash.
verb (used without object)
, lammed, lam·ming.
- to beat; strike; thrash (usually followed by out or into ).
lam
2[ lam ]
noun
- a hasty escape; flight.
verb (used without object)
, lammed, lam·ming.
- to run away quickly; escape; flee:
I'm going to lam out of here as soon as I've finished.
lām
3[ lahm ]
noun
- the 23rd letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Lam
4[ lahm, lam ]
noun
- Wi·fre·do [wi-, frey, -doh] or Wil·fre·do [wil-, frey, -doh], 1902–82, Cuban painter in Europe.
lam.
5abbreviation for
- laminated.
Lam.
6abbreviation for
, Bible.
- Lamentations.
Lam.
1abbreviation for
- Lamentations
lam
2/ læm /
noun
- a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest
- on the lam
- making an escape
- in hiding
verb
- intr to escape or flee
lam
3/ læm /
verb
- tr to thrash or beat
- intr; usually foll by into or out to make a sweeping stroke or blow
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lam1
C19: perhaps from lam 1(hence, to be off)
Origin of lam2
C16: from Scandinavian; related to Old Norse lemja
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Idioms and Phrases
Idioms
- 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.
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