run amok

English

Alternative forms

• run amuck

Pronunciation

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Verb

run amok

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

Synonyms

• go postal

Translations

run amok

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• Danish: gå amok
• Finnish: riehua (fi), olla valtoimenaan
• French: perdre le contrôle, (informal) péter un câble (fr)
• German: Amok laufen
• Greek: παθαίνω αμόκ (pathaíno amók)
• Italian: andare fuori controllo
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• Malay: mengamuk
• Norwegian: gå amok
• Romanian: a o lua razna
• Russian: обезу́меть (ru) pf (obezúmetʹ), неи́стовствовать (ru) impf (neístovstvovatʹ), бу́йствовать (ru) impf (bújstvovatʹ), быть вне себя́ (bytʹ vne sebjá)
• Spanish: correr a ciegas, enloquecerse (es)
• Swedish: löpa amok

See also

• wreak havoc

Further reading

• run amok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia