"run wild" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-run wild.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs wild [present, singular, third-person], running wild [participle, present], ran wild [past], run wild [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> wild}} run wild (third-person singular simple present runs wild, present participle running wild, simple past ran wild, past participle run wild)
  1. (idiomatic) To go unchecked, to be out of control. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_wild-en-verb-KerCbMV~
  2. (prison slang, of prison sentences) To run consecutively. Tags: slang Synonyms: run rampant
    Sense id: en-run_wild-en-verb-x-B33Ocn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run wild meaning in English (1.7kB)

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