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lam

/læm/noun, verb1 syllable

Lam means: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.

Synonyms for lam21

noun, as in a rapid escape (as by criminals)

getaway

verb, as in flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

scat, run, scarper, turn tail, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away

verb, as in give a thrashing to; beat hard

thrash, thresh, flail, cream, bat, clobber, drub, lick

What does lam mean?3

verb

1

flee; take to one's heels; cut and run“If you see this man, run!”

2

give a thrashing to; beat hard

noun

1

a rapid escape (as by criminals)“the thieves made a clean getaway”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lam?24

two syllables

exam

three syllables

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Lam in a sentence

  • He escaped from prison thirty years ago and has been on the lam ever since.darinmex
  • He's a jailbird on the lam.AlanF_US

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Forms of lam

as a noun

plural
lams

as a verb

past tense
lammed
present participle
lamming
third-person singular
lams
past participle
lammed