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lam, v.
(lammed, lamming, lams)
freq. cnt. 3
more info flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2

break away bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail

sample sentences

"If you see this man, run!"
"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
runaway
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lam
semantic pointers
hypernym
leave, go away, go forth
hyponym
flee, fly, take flight skedaddle
more info give a thrashing to; beat hard
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

flail lam thrash thresh

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
thrashing
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
flail
semantic pointers
hypernym
beat, beat up, work over
verb group
lick, cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash