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ran mad

ran mad is the simple past of run mad.

Meaning of run mad

Verb

run mad (third-person singular simple present runs mad, present participle running mad, simple past ran mad, past participle run mad)

  1. (archaic) To go mad.
    • Sophia shreiked and fainted on the Ground—I screamed and instantly ran mad—.1790, Jane Austen, “Love and Freindship”, in Juvenilia

Questions about ran mad

What is ran mad the simple past of?
Ran mad is the simple past of run mad.

Words near ran mad in the dictionary

  1. ran late
  2. ran like a dry creek
  3. ran like a top
  4. ran lines
  5. ran low
  6. ran mad
  7. ran nowhere
  8. ran off
  9. ran off at the mouth
  10. ran off on
  11. ran off one's mouth

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