Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To act in an uncontrolled, unbridled manner.

    über die Stränge schlagen

  2. (idiomatic)To be uncontrollable.

    durchdrehen

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The dinosaur was going round running riot.

    Динозавр бігав, створюючи навколо себе хаос. — deniko

    ruДинозавр бегал по округе, сея хаос. — Ooneykcall

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  2. When Tom saw Mary, his imagination ran riot.

    Коли Том побачив Мері, у нього розгулялася уява. — deniko

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  3. She's running riot!

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · buster_blu · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

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Deutsch
By meaning 2
To act in an uncontrolled, unbridled manner:
To be uncontrollable:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsran riot

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run riot

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rumplerunA1runawayB1rundownrune
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