Meaning of LAM
| Pronunciation: | | lam
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- [n] a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
- [v] give a thrashing to; beat hard
- [v] escape or flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"
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| | Synonyms: | | break away, bunk, flail, getaway, run, run away, scarper, thrash, thresh, turn tail |
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| | See Also: | | beat, beat up, escape, flight, go away, go forth, leave, skedaddle, work over | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lammed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lamming}.] [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr.
lami, lama, lame. See {Lame}.]
To beat soundly; to thrash. [Obs. or Low] --Beau. & Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, scape, scram, skedaddle, skin out, skip, skip out, slip, split, take a powder, take off, thrash, vamoose, wallop |
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