run wild

verb

Meaning

To go unchecked, to be out of control.
(of prison sentences) To run consecutively.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

run riot(English)cut loose(English)run amuck(English)go wild(English)run with scissors(English)wild(English)play fast and loose(English)wilden(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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