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runs mad

runs mad is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is runs mad the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs mad is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run mad.

Words near runs mad in the dictionary

  1. runs late
  2. runs like a dry creek
  3. runs like a top
  4. runs lines
  5. runs low
  6. runs mad
  7. runs nowhere
  8. runs of play
  9. runs of the ball
  10. runs of the balls
  11. runs off

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