lam

Meanings

• a rapid escape (as by criminals)
  • "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
• give a thrashing to; beat hard

Synonyms

break away, bunk, escape, flail, fly the coop, getaway, head for the hills, hightail it, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, thrash, thresh, turn tail