run wild

verb

To go unchecked; to be out of control.

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run rampant
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Meanings

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

present singular third person runs wild · participle present running wild · past ran wild

  1. idiomaticTo 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. slangTo run consecutively.

    Synonyms: run rampant

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo run consecutively.

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run rampant
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APA

run wild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20wild

MLA

“run wild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20wild. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run wild,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20wild.

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