run riot, to

run riot

To act in a chaotic manner. As soon as the alarm went off, everyone in the room ran riot.

See also: riot, run

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

run riot

and run wild

Fig. to get out of control. The dandelions have run riot in our lawn. The children ran wild at the birthday party and had to be taken home.

See also: riot, run

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

run riot

COMMON

1. If someone runs riot, they behave badly, sometimes violently, and in a way that is not controlled. My older sister Mandy had run riot so my parents were far stricter with me. In these neighbourhoods, gangs are allowed to run riot, terrorising the innocent while the police stay safely away.

2. If something such as imagination or speculation runs riot, it expresses itself or spreads in an uncontrolled way. My imagination ran riot, visualising late nights and weekend parties. We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot. Note: In hunting, if the hounds run riot, they follow the scents of other animals rather than the one they are supposed to be chasing.

See also: riot, run

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

run riot

1 behave in a violent and unrestrained way. 2 (of a mental faculty or emotion) function or be expressed without restraint. 3 proliferate or spread uncontrollably.

See also: riot, run

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

run ˈriot

get out of control: They allow their children to run riot — it’s not surprising that the house is always in such a mess. His imagination ran riot as he thought what he would do if he won the money.

See also: riot, run

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

run riot, to

To act without restraint or control; to overrun, to grow unrestrainedly. The earliest use of this term dates from the early sixteenth century and appears in a book on farming, John Fitzherbert’s The Boke of Husbandry (1523): “Breake thy tenure, and ren ryot at large.” It is the primary meaning of riot—unruliness and disorder—that was being transferred here and has been so used ever since. “Ye suffer your Tongues to run ryot,” wrote Bishop Joseph Hall (Works, 1656).

词组	run riot, to
释义	run riot, to run riot To act in a chaotic manner. As soon as the alarm went off, everyone in the room ran riot. See also: riot, run Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. run riot and run wild Fig. to get out of control. The dandelions have run riot in our lawn. The children ran wild at the birthday party and had to be taken home. See also: riot, run McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. run riot COMMON 1. If someone runs riot, they behave badly, sometimes violently, and in a way that is not controlled. My older sister Mandy had run riot so my parents were far stricter with me. In these neighbourhoods, gangs are allowed to run riot, terrorising the innocent while the police stay safely away. 2. If something such as imagination or speculation runs riot, it expresses itself or spreads in an uncontrolled way. My imagination ran riot, visualising late nights and weekend parties. We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot. Note: In hunting, if the hounds run riot, they follow the scents of other animals rather than the one they are supposed to be chasing. See also: riot, run Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. run riot 1 behave in a violent and unrestrained way. 2 (of a mental faculty or emotion) function or be expressed without restraint. 3 proliferate or spread uncontrollably. See also: riot, run Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary run ˈriot get out of control: They allow their children to run riot — it’s not surprising that the house is always in such a mess. His imagination ran riot as he thought what he would do if he won the money. See also: riot, run Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary run riot, to To act without restraint or control; to overrun, to grow unrestrainedly. The earliest use of this term dates from the early sixteenth century and appears in a book on farming, John Fitzherbert’s The Boke of Husbandry (1523): “Breake thy tenure, and ren ryot at large.” It is the primary meaning of riot—unruliness and disorder—that was being transferred here and has been so used ever since. “Ye suffer your Tongues to run ryot,” wrote Bishop Joseph Hall (Works, 1656). See also: run The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: run riot read the riot act, to reading on one's on someone's (I've) got to run (one) has to run along out of one's (I've) got to go save someone's skin
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