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RUN AMOK

to run around in a frenzied or disorderly way
RUN AMOK
1. I hope the class will walk in an orderly line as we go to the other classroom. There’s no need to run amok.
2. The boys startled the sheep, and the sheep pushed down the gate to the pen and ran amok through the farm.

The expression originates from the Malay word amuk, which has a similar meaning.


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