run amok

English

Alternative forms

run amuck

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

Synonyms

Translations

run amok

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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
Latvian: skriet amoka skrējienā
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 (sv), gå bärsärkagång (sv)
Tagalog: mag-amok, magdilim ang paningin (literally “to have one's vision darkened”), maghuramentado

See also

wreak havoc
get medieval (shares a semantic theme of going nuts violently)

Further reading

running amok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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