/ læm; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
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IDIOMS
- on the lam
■ verb
( -mm- )
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PHRASAL VERBS
- lam into sb
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WORD ORIGIN
verb late 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian and Danish lamme paralyse.
noun late 19th cent.: from lam hit hard .