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run a muck

run a muck is the archaic form of run amok.

Meaning of run amok

Verb

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

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

Forms of run a muck

third-person singular presentruns a muck
present participlerunning a muck
pastran a muck
past participlerun a muck

Questions about run a muck

What is run a muck the archaic form of?
Run a muck is the archaic form of run amok.

Words near run a muck in the dictionary

  1. Rumworth
  2. run
  3. run a bath
  4. run a fever
  5. run a mile
  6. run a muck
  7. run a red light
  8. run a risk
  9. run a temperature
  10. run a train
  11. run about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run a muck (page history and authors); run amok (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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