"run around like a chicken with its head cut off" meaning in English

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        "To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control."
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          "aimless",
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          "frantically",
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        "(idiomatic) To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control."
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          "word": "run around like a chicken with no head"
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          "word": "run around like a headless chicken"
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          "word": "run around like a chicken with its head off"
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          "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
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            "adverb"
          ],
          "word": "kuin päätön kana"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
          "word": "kopflos herumrennen"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nositʹsja, kak ugorelyj",
          "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
          "word": "носиться, как угорелый"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
          "word": "ir como pollo sin cabeza"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
          "word": "springa omkring som yra höns"
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          "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
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            "idiomatic"
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    {
      "word": "run around like a chicken with no head"
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      "word": "kopflos herumrennen"
    },
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      "roman": "nositʹsja, kak ugorelyj",
      "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
      "word": "носиться, как угорелый"
    },
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      "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
      "word": "ir como pollo sin cabeza"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
      "word": "springa omkring som yra höns"
    },
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      "sense": "To act in a haphazard or aimless way",
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      "word": "chạy như con gà cắt cổ"
    }
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  "word": "run around like a chicken with its head cut off"
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