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run wild

run wild verb: to go unchecked; to be out of control.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To go unchecked; to be out of control.
    • Run away with me
      Lost souls in revelry (hey)
      Running wild and running free
      Two kids, you and me (hey)2015 March 3, Noah Feldshuh, Casey Harris, Adam Levin, Samuel Harris, Alexander Grant, “Renegades”, in VHS, performed by X Ambassadors
  2. (slang) To run consecutively.
    Synonyms:
    run rampant

run wild meaning in Malayalam

run wild in Malayalam

grow profusely, grow unchecked, run riot
കാടുപിടിച്ചു വളരുക, അനിയന്ത്രിതമായി വളരുക, താനേ വളർന്നു പന്തലിക്കുക, തടസ്സവും നിയന്ത്രണവുമില്ലാതെ വളരുക, കാടുപോലെ വളരുക, കാടുകയറുക
run riot, run amok, get out of control
വെകിളിപിടിച്ചോടുക, കാടുകയറുക, അനിയന്ത്രിതമാകുക, നിയന്ത്രണാധീനമല്ലാതാകുക, കലികൊണ്ടു പാഞ്ഞുനടക്കുക, അടക്കമില്ലാതാകുക

Synonyms of run wild

Forms of run wild

third-person singular presentruns wild
present participlerunning wild
pastran wild
past participlerun wild

Questions about run wild

What does run wild mean?
Run wild means to go unchecked; to be out of control.
What is run wild in Malayalam?
Run wild in Malayalam is കാടുപിടിച്ചു വളരുക, അനിയന്ത്രിതമായി വളരുക, താനേ വളർന്നു പന്തലിക്കുക. See Run wild meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is run wild?
Run wild is a verb.
What is the past tense of run wild?
The past tense of run wild is ran wild.

Words near run wild in the dictionary

  1. run up in it
  2. run up on
  3. run up the score
  4. run upon sorts
  5. run ups
  6. run wild
  7. run with
  8. run with scissors
  9. run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
  10. run with the hare and hunted with the hounds
  11. run year

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run wild (page history and authors); run wild (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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