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BNC: 29799 COCA: 42505

lam

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lam /ˈlæm/ noun
lam
/ˈlæm/
noun
Learner's definition of LAM

on the lam

US, informal
: trying to avoid being caught by the police在潜逃中
◊ If you take it on the lam, you try to escape. This expression is now used mainly to suggest or imitate the language of old movies about gangsters.试图逃脱(现主要用于表示或模仿有关歹徒的老电影中的语言)
BNC: 29799 COCA: 42505

lam

1 of 3

verb

lammed; lamming

transitive verb

: to beat soundly : thrash

intransitive verb

1
2
: to flee hastily : scram

lam

2 of 3

noun

: sudden or hurried flight especially from the law
on the lam

Lam

3 of 3

abbreviation

Lamentations

Example Sentences

Verb let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time Noun the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Ryan Gosling stars as Court Gentry, a CIA agent forced to lam it after uncovering some secrets. Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022
Noun
During Eric Rudolph's five years on the lam, despite a nationwide manhunt and a million-dollar bounty, a transient appears to have come closer to catching the serial bomber than did any federal agent. Blake Morrison, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 After six years on the lam, he was captured by law enforcement in El Salvador on Tuesday. Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 And while McAfee was on the lam — as one of the most famous criminals in the world — multiple reporters started following him, chasing a strange story barreling toward a dark end. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 After 16 years on the lam, is arrested in Santa Monica, California, along with his girlfriend Catherine Elizabeth Greig. CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 The alleged drug trafficker may have had to go on the lam. oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022 Ko Jimmy, who had already been on the lam for a few weeks, told his wife the situation was only going to worsen. Aung Naing Soe, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Authorities are searching for the driver of a silver SUV who is on the lam after hitting a pedestrian in an intersection in Boca Raton early Wednesday morning, according to police. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 On the federal level, she’s been charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after spending 43 days on the lam while named in a murder warrant. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 6 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lemja to thrash; akin to Old English lama lame

First Known Use

Verb

1595, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

circa 1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lam was in 1595
BNC: 29799 COCA: 42505

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