run amok

English

Alternative forms

run amuck

Verb

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

Synonyms

go postal

Translations

run amok

Danish: gå amok
French: perdre le contrôle, (informal) péter un câble (fr)
German: Amok laufen
Greek: παθαίνω αμόκ (pathaíno amók)
Italian: andare fuori controllo
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

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