Usually means: Behave wildly and uncontrollably.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. run riot: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run riot: Merriam-Webster
  3. run riot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run riot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. run riot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. run riot: Wiktionary
  7. run riot: Dictionary.com
  8. Run Riot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Run Riot: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run riot: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run riot: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (run riot)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To act in an uncontrolled, unbridled manner.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To be uncontrollable.

Similar:
riot, run wild, run amuck, take to the streets, rampage, cut loose, rave, kick out the jams, roister, run and gun, more...

Opposite:
behave, behave oneself, behave well, behave properly

Phrases:
to run riot, Boys Run the Riot, River Run riot, more...

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Similar:
riot, run wild, run amuck, take to the streets, rampage, cut loose, rave, kick out the jams, roister, run and gun, more...

Opposite:
behave, behave oneself, behave well, behave properly

Phrases:
to run riot, Boys Run the Riot, River Run riot, more...



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