To run amuck

Also found in: Idioms.

Related to To run amuck: ran amuck, ran amok

to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately.

See also: Amuck

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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amok
amuck
become
get
go
murderously
rampage
riot
run

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He had seen bulls about to run amuck burst thus suddenly from the jungle upon the members of the tribe, and so Go-lat took no chances.

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To run amuck. To wrap themselves in coloured sarongs and go walking bare-shouldered into warm evenings, and smell the pepperdur exude from working armpits in the fields.

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to rubber stamp something
to rubber-stamp it
to rubber-stamp something
to rubberstamp
to rubberstamp it
to rubberstamp something
to ruffle someone's feathers
To ruffle the feathers of
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to rule the roost
to rule with an iron fist
to rule with an iron fist in a velvet glove
to rule with an iron hand
to rule with an iron hand in a velvet glove
to rule with an iron hand/rod
to rule with an iron rod
to run a bath
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to run a country mile
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to run about like a headless chicken
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to run amok
To run amuck
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to run around in circles
to run around in the altogether
to run around in the buff
to run around like a chicken with its head cut off
to run around with one's hair on fire
to run at the mouth
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To run away with
to run away with one's tail between one's legs
to run circles/rings around
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To run down a coast
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to run for the door
to run for the doors
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to run for the exits
to run for the nearest exit
to run for the nearest exits
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