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noun
1.
a hasty escape; flight.
verb (used without object)
Idioms 2.
to run away quickly; escape; flee: I'm going to lam out of here as soon as I've finished.
3.
on the lam, escaping, fleeing, or hiding, especially from the police: He's been on the lam ever since he escaped from jail.
4.
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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lam1 (læm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , lams, lamming, lammed | |
| 1. | (tr) to thrash or beat |
| 2. | (intr; |
| [C16: from Scandinavian; related to Old Norse lemja] | |
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| lam2 (læm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest |
| 2. | on the lam |
| a. making an escape | |
| b. in hiding | |
| —vb , lams, lamming, lammed | |
| 3. | (intr) to escape or flee |
| [C19: perhaps from | |
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Word Origin & History
lam
"flight," as in on the lam, 1897, from a U.S. slang verb meaning "to run off" (1886), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from the first element of lambaste, which was used in British student slang for "beat" since 1596; if so, it would give the word the same etymological sense as beat it.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| LAM lymphagioleiomyomatosis |
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