Usually means: Behave uncontrollably and disruptively wild.
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  1. run amok: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run amok: Merriam-Webster
  3. run amok: Collins English Dictionary
  4. run-amok: Wordnik
  5. run amok: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. run amok: Wiktionary
  7. run amok: Dictionary.com
  8. Run amok: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. run amok: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (run amok)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.

Similar:
amok, run rampant, go apeshit, run high, overamp, wild out, go batshit, run off at the mouth, go mad, overlash, more...

Opposite:
calm, composed, orderly, peaceful, controlled

Adjectives:
switch, beef, bang up, cruel, trip, teen, mald, ill, dodge, bust, bunk

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Similar:
amok, run rampant, go apeshit, run high, overamp, wild out, go batshit, run off at the mouth, go mad, overlash, more...

Opposite:
calm, composed, orderly, peaceful, controlled

Adjectives:
switch, beef, bang up, cruel, trip, teen, mald, ill, dodge, bust, bunk



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