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- 1. hit hard; strike: informal "I'll lam you in the mouth in a minute"
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The meaning of LAM is to beat soundly : thrash. How to use lam in a sentence.
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.
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 phrasal verb. back off phrasal verb.
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.
noun. 1. a sudden flight or escape, esp to avoid arrest. 2. See on the lam. verb Word forms: lams, lamming, lammed. 3. (intransitive) to escape or flee. Collins English Dictionary.
thrash. noun. lams. Flight, especially from the law. Escaped convicts on the lam. American Heritage. 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.
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lam 1 /læm/ USA pronunciation n., v., lammed, lam•ming. [Slang.] n. 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. Idioms. Idioms on the lam, [Slang.] hiding or in flight from the police.
LAM meaning: trying to avoid being caught by the police.
