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running wild

running wild is the present participle and gerund of run wild.

Meaning of run wild

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

Questions about running wild

What is running wild the present participle and gerund of?
Running wild is the present participle and gerund of run wild.

Words near running wild in the dictionary

  1. running up in it
  2. running up on
  3. running up the score
  4. running W
  5. running water
  6. running wild
  7. running with
  8. running with scissors
  9. running with the hare and hunting with the hounds
  10. running Ws
  11. running-mate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running wild (page history and authors); run wild (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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