Lam synonyms

lăm

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hightail-it
(Idiomatic) To hurry or run; often, to flee.
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abscond
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
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break out
To separate from a bundle
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escape
To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
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flee
(Intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
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fly
To avoid; shun:
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get away
To start moving; to depart.
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run away
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.
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?
To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation
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absquatulate
(Intransitive, slang) to abscond.
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break
Break dancing.
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breakout
A sudden, forceful escape, as from prison or enemy troop encirclement
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decampment
The act of decamping
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escapement
The part in a mechanical clock or watch that controls the speed and regularity of the balance wheel or pendulum, and thereby of the entire mechanism, by the movement of a notched wheel (escape wheel), one tooth of which is permitted to escape from the detaining catch at a time
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flight
The ability to fly:
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getaway
A period of rest and relaxation, esp. a short one
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blow (or fly) the coop
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cut-and-run
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give-someone-the-slip
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make a getaway
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take-flight
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take it on the lam
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free (related)
Free means to release or let go.
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thrash
To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
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thresh
To beat out (grain) from its husk, as with a flail
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flail
To thresh grain.
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scat
(Colloquial) To leave quickly (often used in the imperative).
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run
To cause to enter; to thrust.
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scarper
(UK, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.
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turn-tail
(Idiomatic) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
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bunk
(UK) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
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head-for-the-hills
To travel to a higher elevation, especially to a rural region on vacation.
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take to the woods
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
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fly-the-coop
(Of a bird) To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
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break-away
To become separated, literally or figuratively
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chung (related)
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lau (related)
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kwan (related)
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wu (related)
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wang (related)
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chang (related)
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wong (related)
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cheng (related)
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leong (related)
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lim (related)
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Yeung (related)
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decamp
(Intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.
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  • The family tried to lam from the path of the incoming tropical storm by driving as far from the coast as possible.

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