run amok

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run amok (third-person singular simple present runs amok, present participle running amok, simple past ran amok, past participle run amok)

  1. (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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