"run rampant" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-run rampant.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs rampant [present, singular, third-person], running rampant [participle, present], ran rampant [past], run rampant [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> rampant}} run rampant (third-person singular simple present runs rampant, present participle running rampant, simple past ran rampant, past participle run rampant)
  1. (idiomatic) To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: run amok
    Sense id: en-run_rampant-en-verb-AnrI2hzf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for run rampant meaning in English (1.9kB)

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