run riot

phrase

If something such as your imagination runs riot, it is not limited or controlled, and produces ideas that are new or exciting, rather than sensible.

She dressed strictly for comfort and economy, but let her imagination run riot withcostume jewelry.

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run riot in British English

to behave wildly and without restraint

(of plants) to grow rankly or profusely

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run riot in American English

to run wild; act without restraint, control, or discipline

to grow in luxuriance or profusion

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run riot

to get out of control

Parents use discipline to stop their child running riot and behaving in an unacceptableway.

if something such as imagination or speculation runs riot, it expresses itself or spreads in an uncontrolled way

We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot.

Examples of 'run riot' in a sentence
run riot

They were running riot around the street between these two addresses. Now postmodern irony runs riot in the hedgerows.

Synonyms of 'run riot'

rampage, go wild, be out of control, raise hell

grow profusely, burgeon, luxuriate, spread like wildfire

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1 (idiom) in the sense of rampage

Definition

to behave without restraint

Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail.

Synonyms

rampage

He used a sword to defend his shop from a rampaging mob.

go wild

be out of control

raise hell

Those people will be jabbering and raising hell.

let yourself go

break or cut loose

throw off all restraint

2 (idiom) in the sense of grow profusely

Definition

(of plants) to grow profusely

Virginia creeper ran riot up the walls.

Synonyms

grow profusely

burgeon

luxuriate

spread like wildfire

grow like weeds

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of luxuriate

Definition

to flourish profusely

Synonyms

flourish,

grow,

thrive,

bloom,

prosper,

abound,

burgeon

in the sense of raise hell

Those people will be jabbering and raising hell.

Synonyms

cause a disturbance,

run riot,

go wild,

raise Cain,

be loud and noisy

Nearby words of
run riot

run over
run over something
run over something or someone
run riot
run someone in
run someone through
run something in

Synonyms of 'run riot'

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单词	run riot
释义	run riot phrase If something such as your imagination runs riot, it is not limited or controlled, and produces ideas that are new or exciting, rather than sensible. She dressed strictly for comfort and economy, but let her imagination run riot withcostume jewelry. See full dictionary entry for riot run riot in British English a. to behave wildly and without restraint b. (of plants) to grow rankly or profusely See full dictionary entry for riot run riot in American English 1. to run wild; act without restraint, control, or discipline 2. to grow in luxuriance or profusion See full dictionary entry for riot run riot to get out of control Parents use discipline to stop their child running riot and behaving in an unacceptableway. if something such as imagination or speculation runs riot, it expresses itself or spreads in an uncontrolled way We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot. Examples of 'run riot' in a sentence run riot They were running riot around the street between these two addresses. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Now postmodern irony runs riot in the hedgerows. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Synonyms of 'run riot' rampage, go wild, be out of control, raise hell grow profusely, burgeon, luxuriate, spread like wildfire More Synonyms of run riot 1 (idiom) in the sense of rampage Definition to behave without restraint Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail. Synonyms rampage He used a sword to defend his shop from a rampaging mob. go wild be out of control raise hell Those people will be jabbering and raising hell. let yourself go break or cut loose throw off all restraint 2 (idiom) in the sense of grow profusely Definition (of plants) to grow profusely Virginia creeper ran riot up the walls. Synonyms grow profusely burgeon luxuriate spread like wildfire grow like weeds See riot Additional synonyms in the sense of luxuriate Definition to flourish profusely Synonyms flourish, grow, thrive, bloom, prosper, abound, burgeon in the sense of raise hell Those people will be jabbering and raising hell. Synonyms cause a disturbance, run riot, go wild, raise Cain, be loud and noisy Nearby words of run riot run over run over something run over something or someone run riot run someone in run someone through run something in Synonyms of 'run riot' run riot Explore 'run riot' in the dictionary
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run riot

run riot in British English

run riot in American English

run riot

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Synonyms of 'run riot'

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Examples of 'run riot' in a sentence
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