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1. [N. Amer] Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   "If you see this man, 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, leg it [Brit]
    
2. Give a thrashing to; beat hard
   - thrash, thresh, flail

1. A rapid escape (as by criminals)
   "after the expose he had to take it on the lam";
   - getaway

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Derived forms: lams, lammed, lamming

Type of: beat, beat up, escape, flight, go away, go forth, leave, work over

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