run wild
idiom
: to run, go, behave, etc., in a wild and uncontrolled way
The mob was running wild in the streets.
His imagination ran wild.
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The Eagles’ proud defense will not let Giants RB Cam Skattebo run wild again in their rematch.
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
The Magic Kingdom’s Villains Land will include two major attractions, dining and shopping in a dark, devious and thorny land where the evil ambitions of Disney Villains can run wild and their stories can be told.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Showing two high jewelry collections a year, Choisne let her imagination run wild with innovation as the cornerstone of the carte blanche expression shown in July.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
But every so often – 14 times in fact – its members let their I/O imaginations run wild and create wacky one-off peripheral projects.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
The Magic Kingdom’s Villains Land will include two major attractions, dining and shopping in a dark, devious and thorny land where the evil ambitions of Disney Villains can run wild and their stories can be told.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Showing two high jewelry collections a year, Choisne let her imagination run wild with innovation as the cornerstone of the carte blanche expression shown in July.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
But every so often – 14 times in fact – its members let their I/O imaginations run wild and create wacky one-off peripheral projects.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Run wild.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20wild. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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