Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.

    Amok laufen

    обезу́метьobezúmetʹ, неи́стовствоватьneístovstvovatʹ, бу́йствоватьbújstvovatʹ

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The inflation rate is running amok.

  2. The children are running amok all through the house.

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  3. Until the teacher appeared, the children were running amok in the classroom.

    deBis der Lehrer kam, spielten die Kinder in der Klasse verrückt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. The police acted very fast in capturing the mad man who ran amok with an axe.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

runs amok, running amok, ran amok, run amok
Base formrun amok · to run amok
3rd person singularruns amok
Present participlerunning amok
Past simpleran amok
Past participlerun amok

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun amok
he, she, itruns amok

Past simpleLesson

all personsran amok

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run amok
he, she, ithas run amok

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run amok

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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