Definitions
a rapid escape (as by criminals)
Word origin
From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Beat, old slang”3 letters
02“On the ___: fleeing”3 letters
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