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Lam   /læm/   Listen
Lam

noun
1.
A rapid escape (as by criminals).  Synonym: getaway.  "After the expose he had to take it on the lam"



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"Lam" Quotes from Famous Books



... stated to be daily created out of the stream of glory which flows from the throne of God, and they sing a new song, and vanish; as it is said, "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness" (Lam. iii. 23). The Rabbis also say that angels are created out of every word which proceeds from the mouth of God; as it is said, "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth" (Ps. ...
— Hebrew Literature

... And Jeremiah, remembering the wormwood and the gall, and the deep mire of the dungeon into which they had plunged him, and from which he had scarcely been delivered, said: "It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord" (Lam. ...
— When the Holy Ghost is Come • Col. S. L. Brengle



Words linked to "Lam" :   beat, drub, clobber, beat up, take flight, cream, go away, lick, flee, flight, work over, fly, skedaddle, leave, go forth, bat



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