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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 or into ).
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.
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
- Lamentations.
lam
1/ læm /
noun
- a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest
- on the lamon the lam
- making an escape
- in hiding
verb
- intr to escape or flee
Lam.
2abbreviation for
- Lamentations
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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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.
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