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.

Examples of run wild in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And, more often than not, our minds run wild with scenarios far worse than probable realities. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

Tourists stripped the bark off birch trees, broke off pieces of Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf to take home as souvenirs, chopped down trees, and let their cattle run wild. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025

Take a look at a few more tiny homes available on the site below and let your imagination run wild. —Clint Davis, People.com, 8 June 2025

And the American people should be grateful to these individuals and especially to President Trump for putting together such a competent and highly qualified team who are killing terrorists that the Biden administration allowed to run wild in the Middle East. —Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for run wild

• beguiled
• brainchild
• compiled
• defiled
• exiled
• grandchild
• profiled
• refiled
• reviled
• stepchild
• stockpiled
• domiciled