lam \lam\, v. t. imp.  p. p. lammed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   lamming. icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr.
   lami, lama, lame. see lame.
   to beat soundly; to thrash. obs. or low --beau.  fl.
   1913 webster
see also:
lammed lamming lame 

lam
     n : a rapid escape as by criminals; "the thieves made a clean
         getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
         syn: getaway
     v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "if you see this
          man, run"; "the burglars escaped before the police
          showed up" syn: run, scarper, turn tail, run
          away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take
          to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
     2: give a thrashing to; beat hard syn: thrash, thresh, flail
     also: lamming, lammed
see also:
getaway run scarper turn tail run away hightail it 
bunk head for the hills take to the woods escape fly the coop 
break away thrash thresh flail lamming 
lammed 

33 moby thesaurus words for "lam":
   absquatulate, batter, beat, beat it, blow, breakout, decamp,
   dog it, drub, duck and run, duck out, flight, getaway, hammer,
   make off, paste, pelt, pound, powder, pummel, scape, scram,
   skedaddle, skin out, skip, skip out, slip, split, take a powder,
   take off, thrash, vamoose, wallop

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