All lam synonyms
lam
L l verb lam
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- skip β to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- vanish β to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- disappear β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- run β execution
- abscond β If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- decamp β If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- flee β to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- bail out β If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- break out β If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
- cut loose β to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
- get off β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make off β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- burst out β If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- duck out β leave secretly
- fly the coop β an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
noun lam
- lever β tool for lifting
- runaround β indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
- hegira β Islam. Hijra.
- elopement β The act of eloping.
- treadle β a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- pedal β a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- elusiveness β The state of being elusive.
- peavy β peavey.
- fadeout β A gradual disappearance.
- fugue β Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end.
- eschewal β The act of eschewing.
- getaway β a getting away or fleeing; an escape.
- elusion β The act of eluding.
- peavey β a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.
- outs β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- awol β If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- exfiltration β (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- flight β an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- extrication β The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.