run around with one's hair on fire

A form of set one's hair on fire — To become wildly impassioned; to behave crazily.

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Meanings

verbrun around with one's hair on fire (third-person singular simple present runs around with one's hair on fire, present participle running around with one's hair on fire, simple past ran around with one's hair on fire, past participle run around with one's hair on fire)

present singular third person runs around with one's hair on fire · participle present running around with one's hair on fire · past ran around with one's hair on fire

  1. alternativeAlternative form of set one's hair on fire.

    By early 2001, when the Bush administration took office, Mr Tenet was "running around with his hair on fire", in the words of Richard Clarke, a former White House counter-terrorist tsar, warning senior officials about an impending al-Qaida attack.

    2004 June 4, Julian Borger, “Farewell to the fall guy blamed for terror blunders”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 22 Sep 2017
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APA

run around with one's hair on fire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20around%20with%20one's%20hair%20on%20fire

MLA

“run around with one's hair on fire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20around%20with%20one's%20hair%20on%20fire. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run around with one's hair on fire,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20around%20with%20one's%20hair%20on%20fire.

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