| VERB | motion | lam, scat, run, scarper, turn tail, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away | flee |
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| contact | lam, thrash, thresh, flail | give a thrashing to | |
| NOUN | act | lam, getaway | a rapid escape (as by criminals) |
| Sounds | lae'm | |
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| Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... | |
| Meaning | A rapid escape (as by criminals). | |
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| Example | "after the expose he had to take it on the lam" | |
| Synonym | getaway | |
| Broader | escape, flight | The act of escaping physically |
| Spanish | escape, fuga, huida, lam, polvorosa | |
| Catalan | fuga, fugida, lam | |
| Verbs | lam | flee |
| Meaning | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | scat, run, scarper, turn tail, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away | |
| Narrower | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Spanish | correr, escapar, evadir, huir | |
| Catalan | escapar, escapolir-se, evadir, fugir | |
| Nouns | lam | a rapid escape (as by criminals) |
| Meaning | Give a thrashing to; beat hard. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to lam the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | thrash, thresh, flail | |
| Broader | beat, beat up, work over | Give a beating to |
| Similar to | cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick | Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
| Spanish | desgranar, zurrar | |
| Catalan | apallissar, estomacar | |
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