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Definition of lam noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lam

noun
 
/læm/
 
/læm/
Word Originnoun late 19th cent.: from lam ‘hit hard’.
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on the lam
  1. (North American English, informal) escaping from somebody, especially from the police
    • He was recaptured after four months on the lam.
See lam in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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