Lam - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |læm|  American pronunciation of the word lam
Brit.  |læm|  British pronunciation of the word lam

noun

- a rapid escape (as by criminals) (syn: getaway)
after the expose he had to take it on the lam

verb

- flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (syn: break away, bunk, escape, run, run away, scat)
- give a thrashing to; beat hard (syn: flail, thrash, thresh)

Extra examples

...let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time...

...the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: lam
he/she/it: lams
present participle: lamming
past tense: lammed
past participle: lammed
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