To run amuck

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 roll one's self
To roll the eye
to roll with the punches
To rough it
To round in
To round to
To rout out
To rub along
To rub down
to rub elbows with
to rub it in
To rub off
To rub out
to rub the wrong way
To rub up
to ruffle someone's feathers
To ruffle the feathers of
To rule the roast
to rule the roost
to rule with an iron hand
to rule with an iron hand/rod
To run a blockade
To run a foil
To run a muck
To run a rig
To run a risk
to run a tight ship
To run afoul of
To run after
to run amok
To run amuck
To run an errand
to run around in circles
To run away
To run away with
to run circles/rings around
To run down
To run down a coast
To run for an office
To run hard
To run in
to run in the blood/family
To run in trust
To run in with
To run into
To run into the ground
to run its course
to run like clockwork
To run mad
To run mad after
To run off
To run off at the mouth
To run off at the mouth
To run on
to run one's head against a brick/stone wall
To run out
to run out of steam
To run over
To run riot
To run riot
To run the chances
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