"run amok" meaning in English

See run amok in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-run amok.ogg Forms: runs amok [present, singular, third-person], running amok [participle, present], ran amok [past], run amok [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> amok}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: amok, go berserk, go postal, run amuck Related terms: wreak havoc, get medieval (english: shares a semantic theme of going nuts violently) Translations (run amok): 胡作非為 (Chinese Mandarin), 胡作非为 (húzuòfēiwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 橫衝直撞 (Chinese Mandarin), 横冲直撞 (héngchōngzhízhuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), gå amok (Danish), riehua (Finnish), olla valtoimenaan (Finnish), perdre le contrôle (French), péter un câble [informal] (French), Amok laufen (German), παθαίνω αμόκ (pathaíno amók) (Greek), andare fuori controllo (Italian), skriet amoka skrējienā (Latvian), mengamuk (Malay), gå amok (Norwegian), a o lua razna (Romanian), обезу́меть (obezúmetʹ) [perfective] (Russian), неи́стовствовать (neístovstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бу́йствовать (bújstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), быть вне себя́ (bytʹ vne sebjá) (Russian), correr a ciegas (Spanish), enloquecerse (Spanish), löpa amok (Swedish), gå bärsärkagång (Swedish), mag-amok (Tagalog), magdilim ang paningin (Tagalog), maghuramentado (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "run amok",
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          "sense": "run amok",
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          "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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      "sense": "run amok",
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