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[ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

Examples

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

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Then , having wrapped the lot in an afghan my dog customarily slept on , you lammed out the front_door , considerately leaving it open for neighbors to discover .

Related terms

leave flee skedaddle fugitive

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[ verb ] give a thrashing to; beat hard

Synonyms

thrash flail thresh

Related terms

beat bat flail

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1217
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[ noun ] a rapid escape (as by criminals)

Synonyms

getaway

Examples

"the thieves made a clean getaway" "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"

Related terms

escape run

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