lam

noun

/læm/

Word Originnoun late 19th cent.: from lam ‘hit hard’.

Idioms

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Idioms

on the lam

(North American English, informal) escaping from somebody, especially from the police
- He was recaptured after four months on the lam.

verb

/læm/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they lam	/læm/ /læm/
he / she / it lams	/læmz/ /læmz/
past simple lammed	/læmd/ /læmd/
past participle lammed	/læmd/ /læmd/
-ing form lamming	/ˈlæmɪŋ/ /ˈlæmɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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Word Originverb late 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian and Danish lamme ‘paralyse’.

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