References in classic literature
?
While I was allowing my fancy to run riot in wild conjecture on the possible explanation of the strange anomalies which I had so far met with on Mars, Sola returned bearing both food and drink.
In his romantic comedies and comedies of manners Shirley vividly reflects the thoughtless life of the Court of Charles I and of the well-to-do contemporary London citizens and shows how surprisingly far that life had progressed toward the reckless frivolity and abandonment which after the interval of Puritan rule were to run riot in the Restoration period.
In 2023 the US government have instigated an annual purge where all law is suspended for 12 hours - allowing people to run riot.
STOKE boss Mark Hughes insists Everton powerhouse Romelu Lukaku will not be allowed to run riot today.
Liverpool are also taken to run riot against Fulham and a supremacy buy at 2 is the call.
Fans expecting the home side to run riot after the break were disappointed as Hyde kept possession for long periods without really prising open the home side's back four.
Errie Claassens' intercept try within two minutes of the restart secured the bonus point, with Welsh seemingly poised to run riot. However, only Brown was able to cross for them again.
Dominic James added a third as Nunthorpe promised to run riot, playing some excellent football.
Dictionary browser
?
- ▲
- To run a muck
- To run a rig
- To run a risk
- To run afoul of
- To run after
- To run amuck
- To run an errand
- To run away
- To run away with
- To run down
- To run down a coast
- To run for an office
- To run hard
- To run in
- To run in trust
- To run in with
- To run into
- To run into the ground
- To run mad
- To run mad after
- To run off
- To run off at the mouth
- To run on
- To run out
- To run over
- To run riot
- To run the chances
- To run the gantlet
- To run the guard
- To run the hazard
- To run through
- To run up
- To run upon sorts
- To run wild
- To rustle up
- To sag to leeward
- To sail fine
- To sail free
- To sail on a rhumb
- To saint it
- To salt a mine
- To salt away
- To save appearances
- To save one's bacon
- To savor of the pan
- To say amen to
- To scale a debt, wages, etc.
- To scare away
- To scare up
- To scrape acquaintance
- To scratch a ticket
- ▼
Full browser
?
- ▲
- to run away with one's tail between one's legs
- 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 like the wind
- 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 one's head against a stone wall
- to run one's head into a brick wall
- to run one's head into a stone wall
- To run out
- to run out of steam
- to run out of time
- to run out of town
- To run over
- To run riot
- to run round in circles
- To run the chances
- to run the gamut
- To run the gantlet
- to run the gauntlet
- To run the guard
- To run the hazard
- to run the show
- to run the table
- To run through
- to run to earth
- to run to seed
- To run up
- To run upon sorts
- To run wild
- to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- To rustle up
- To sag to leeward
- To Sail Beyond the Sunset
- to sail close to the wind
- To sail fine
- To sail free
- to sail near the wind
- To sail on a rhumb
- to sail under false colors
- to sail under false colours
- To saint it
- To sally
- To sally
- To salt a mine
- ▼