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Another word for lam

Verb

  1. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    free

Another word for lam

Noun

  1. The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty

    2. See also:

    free

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Sentence Examples

  • The police were in hot pursuit of the convicts on the lam.

  • They had to lam loudly on the door before someone came to answer it.

  • The family tried to lam from the path of the incoming tropical storm by driving as far from the coast as possible.

  • The lam separating them from the Mediterranean is nowhere more than 10 meters wide.

  • The robbers knew they had to go on the lam and lay low for a while to avoid being caught.

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