What does lam mean in crosswords?

lam means: a rapid escape (as by criminals)

Which crossword clues can have lam as the answer?

Possible clues for lam include "Beat, old slang", "On the ___: fleeing".

Word entry · 3 letters

Best crossword clue

"Beat, old slang"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /læm/Part of speech noun, verbSorted almStarts with LEnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word

1L2A3M

From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

“They lammed each other on the head with great, clumsy stone hammers; but their skulls were so hard that the hammers bounced off again […]”
“[Gangster running away:] Batman and Robin! Let's lam!”
“[…]and she was so mad and so down deep vindictive that she reported to the police some false trumped-up hysterical crazy charge, and Dean had to lam from Hoboken.”

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01“Beat, old slang”3 letters

02“On the ___: fleeing”3 letters

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