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- a harum-scarum dash through the crowded terminal to make the flight
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harum-scarum
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of harum-scarum (Entry 2 of 2)
- tossed everything harum-scarum from the closet in a desperate attempt to find her shoes
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- amok
- (or amuck),
- berserk,
- berserkly,
- frantically,
- frenetically,
- frenziedly,
- hectically,
- helter-skelter,
- madly,
- pell-mell,
- wild,
- wildly
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“Harum-scarum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harum-scarum. Accessed 28 May. 2022.
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The first known use of harum-scarum was in 1751
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