run amok

run amok

English

Alternative forms

• run amuck

Verb

run amok

1. (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