run amok
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Verb
run amok (third-person singular simple present runs amok, present participle running amok, simple past ran amok, past participle run amok)
- (idiomatic) To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.
- Synonyms: amok, go berserk, go postal
- Hypernym: run riot
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run amok
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See also
- wreak havoc
- get medieval (shares a semantic theme of going nuts violently)
Further reading
running amok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
