lam
A flight or escapeA flight or escape.
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» Tom is on the lam.
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2 senses(slang)A flight or escape.
on the lam
a rapid escape (as by criminals)
The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).
Examples
8 sentencesTom is on the lam.
Are you on the lam?
He's a jailbird on the lam.
She's on the lam.
He's on the lam.
ruОн в бегах. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from PFrom Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.
From Arabic لَام (lām), the name of the letter ل (l).
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