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- 1. Lamentations (in biblical references).
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noun. US uk / læm / us / læm / on the lam. Add to word list. escaping, especially from the police: The robbers were on the lam for several days before they were caught. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Running away and escaping. abscond from somewhere. abscond with someone/something. back away. back off. bail out. elopement. elude.
noun. : sudden or hurried flight especially from the law. on the lam. Lam. 3 of 3. abbreviation. Lamentations. Synonyms. Verb. abscond. break out (of) clear out. escape. flee. fly. get out.
noun. a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest. on the lam. making an escape. in hiding. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012.
The verb lam has two meanings: to hit or to run away. If you see a bully making little kids cry, you may be tempted to lam him in the nose and then lam before he can retaliate. The British slang meaning of lam, "hit or beat," is the oldest one, dating from the 16th century.
1. (tr) to thrash or beat. 2. (intr; usually foll by into or out) to make a sweeping stroke or blow. [C16: from Scandinavian; related to Old Norse lemja] lam. (læm) n. 1. a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest. 2. on the lam. a. making an escape. b. in hiding.
lam in British English. (læm ) verb Word forms: lams, lamming, lammed slang. 1. (transitive) to thrash or beat. 2. (intr; usually foll by into or out) to make a sweeping stroke or blow. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Headlong flight, usually to escape punishment for a crime. Webster's New World. Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding. Wiktionary.
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2023. lam1 /læm/ n., v., lammed, lam•ming. [ Slang.] n. [ countable] Slang Terms a hasty escape; flight. v. [ no object] Slang Terms to run away quickly; escape; flee: The crooks lammed out of there as fast as they could.
