run amok

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run amok

verb runs amok · running amok · ran amok · run amok · run amuck

  1. idiomatic To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.

    Similar: amok, go berserk, go postal

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verb run amok

Españolcorrer a ciegas, enloquecerse
中文胡作非為 /胡作非为 húzuòfēiwéi, 橫衝直撞 /横冲直撞 héngchōngzhízhuàng
Françaisperdre le contrôle, péter un câble
DeutschAmok laufen
Italianoandare fuori controllo
Ελληνικάπαθαίνω αμόκ pathaíno amók
Românăa o lua razna
Русскийобезу́меть obezúmetʹ, неи́стовствовать neístovstvovatʹ, бу́йствовать bújstvovatʹ, быть вне себя́ bytʹ vne sebjá
العربيةجُنَّ junna

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@misc{run_amok_2026,
  title = {run amok},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/run%20amok},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}