Synonyms for lam
læmlam

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1. getaway, lamverb

   a rapid escape (as by criminals)

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

   Synonyms:
   pickup, getaway

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

   flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

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

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, get off, run away, move, turn tail, chip, range, break out, run, beat, guide, function, lead, thresh, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, break off, break, break loose, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, get out, get by, secede, thrash, run for, black market, miss, persist, splinter, incline, draw, hightail it, elude, be given, prevail, campaign, get away, tend, chip off, escape, ladder, ply, come off, flail, melt

3. thrash, thresh, lam, flailverb

   give a thrashing to; beat hard

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, slam dance, mosh, run, toss, thrash, break away, run away, bat, convulse, slam, slash, jactitate, clobber, lick, hightail it, bunk, scat, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, drub, cream, head for the hills, take to the woods, thresh, thrash about, flail, escape

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1. List of paraphrases for "lam":

   lin, lim, blue, rugby, mab, yim, lan, im, lynch, lahm, hayashi, woon-kwong

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1. Chris Wong:

   Carrie Lam is now spreading lies and blaming us for destroying Hong Kong's economy. But she's the one who is destroying Hong Kong, we'll continue to fight...but we're also going to be smart and wear them down.

2. Johannes Chan:

   It is a deliberate decision of the government to prosecute us right now, they didn't want it to effect the election campaign of Carrie Lam.

3. Elzevir Young:

   I come to the July 1 protests every year, but this time I came in particular because of the extradition bill, this is the first time I have come for the July 1 protest. I came because Carrie Lam will not withdraw the extradition law.

4. Petula Ho:

   Carrie Lam used Carrie Lam image to justify certain actions and present Carrie Lam as a good mother, as if by virtue of being a mother that [ a positive ] implication is there, but then of course people really don't think she's motherly at all, she is somebody who we think is against ethics of care.

5. Robert Kotloff:

   We now view LAM in essence as a malignancy but one that progresses over years, not days or months like cancer.