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on the rampage

on the rampage prepositional phrase: behaving violently or rioting.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) behaving violently or rioting
    • The rioters went on the rampage and wrecked the town hall.
    • Stoke were on the rampage but their night was soured by the referee's decision to show Jerome a second yellow card on the stroke of half time.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport

Questions about on the rampage

What does on the rampage mean?
On the rampage means behaving violently or rioting.
What part of speech is on the rampage?
On the rampage is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the rampage in the dictionary

  1. on the rack
  2. on the radar
  3. on the rag
  4. on the rail
  5. on the rails
  6. on the rampage
  7. on the ran tan
  8. on the raw
  9. on the razz
  10. on the razzle
  11. on the razzle-dazzle

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