rampage

be on a rampage

To be causing great destruction, disruption, or chaos; to be behaving very violently or aggressively. Many ancient artifacts were destroyed while enemy forces were on a rampage in the holy city. Our teacher was on a rampage this morning, screaming at the kids for their misbehavior.
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be on the rampage

To be causing great destruction, disruption, or chaos; to be behaving very violently or aggressively. Many ancient artifacts were destroyed while enemy forces were on the rampage in the holy city. Our teacher was on the rampage this morning, screaming at the kids for their misbehavior.
See also: on, rampage

go on a rampage

To cause great destruction, disruption, or chaos; to behave very violently or aggressively. Many ancient artifacts were destroyed while enemy forces went on a rampage in the holy city. Our teacher was going on a rampage this morning, screaming at the kids for their misbehavior.
See also: go, on, rampage

go on the rampage

To cause great destruction, disruption, or chaos; to behave very violently or aggressively. Many ancient artifacts were destroyed while enemy forces went on the rampage in the holy city. Our teacher was going on the rampage this morning, screaming at the kids for their misbehavior.
See also: go, on, rampage

on a rampage

Causing great destruction, disruption, or chaos; behaving very violently or aggressively. Many ancient artifacts were destroyed while enemy forces were on a rampage in the holy city. Our teacher went on a rampage this morning, screaming at the kids for their misbehavior.
See also: on, rampage

on the rampage

Causing great destruction, disruption, or chaos; behaving very violently or aggressively. Many ancient artifacts were destroyed while enemy forces were on the rampage in the holy city. Our teacher went on the rampage this morning, screaming at the kids for their misbehavior.
See also: on, rampage
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go on a rampage

to get very disturbed or angry. The angry bull went on a rampage and broke the fence. My boss went on a rampage because the report wasn't finished.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

on a rampage

Behaving violently, as in There was a near riot after the game, when some of the spectators went on a rampage. This term comes from the Old Scots verb ramp, meaning "to storm and rage." [Mid-1800s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

be/go on the ˈrampage

run round the streets causing damage to shops/stores, cars, etc: After their team lost, some of the crowd went on the rampage through the town.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

on a/the rampage

Violently excited; furious. This term appears to have come from the Old Scots verb to ramp, meaning “to storm and rage.” The current cliché was known in the mid-nineteenth century. Dickens used it in Great Expectations (1861), in which Joe Gargery tells the hero, “On the Rampage, Pip, and Off the Rampage, Pip; such is Life!”
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
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  • call off the dogs
  • call off the/(one's) dogs
  • call the dogs off
  • on the same wavelength
  • be riding for a fall
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The employee of a showroom that sells expensive gifts and precious stones said his shop had suffered losses of SR4 million as a result of the rampage; the youths, he said, ran off with much of his merchandise.
Rioters caused huge losses, Alkhobar businesses claim
You don't say "Bush terror rampage in Iraq" or "Jewish or Christian terror rampage".
Wrong impression
Armstrong scooped up a loose puck at the red line, charged into the Rampage zone alone, and beat goaltender Al Montoya high to the glove side for an unassisted goal, his eighth of the year.
Sharks' streak alive; Hero role falls to Armstrong
Another UN official described the onslaught as "Kristallnacht in Kosovo," an allusion to the 1938 anti-Jewish rampage in Nazi Germany that is commonly perceived as the opening assault of the Holocaust.
The Kosovo catastrophe
On the evening of the rampage by Crown Prince Dipendra, then Princess Komal, 50, was shot twice in her right armpit.
New Nepalese queen discharged from hospital
As in the film, the friend attempted to pass as a skinhead and wound up in jail briefly for stabbing a drag queen during a rampage meant to convince his fellow gang members he was one of them.
Coming out the hard way
President Bill Clinton was quick to take political advantage of what he called a "terrible human tragedy." The next day, during a luncheon with reporters, he cited Ferguson's rampage as evidence of the need for stricter gun control.
Tactical tragedies: the lone gunman theory of firearm regulation
But the new Rampage ALBM isn't without its drawbacks.
Israel Now Has a Supersonic Air-Launched Ballistic Missile and Why Iran Should Worry
Peace Lutheran Church -- Steeleville invites all children to come to Rolling River Rampage.
Peace Lutheran summer Bible School goes on 'river rampage'
Throw in the fact Rampage is based on a classic arcade game and, among its many insane developments, includes a giant flying wolf laying waste to city blocks and you've got a surefire candidate for this year's craziest flick.
Loud and proud crazy capers
Rockin' and rollin' Johnson leads the fight in Rampage
Loud and proud crazy capers
said Sunday that "Rampage" earned an estimated $34.5 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, and dominated internationally too with $114.1 million from 61 territories.
In a close race, 'Rampage' takes No. 1 from 'A Quiet Place'
Summary: California [USA], November 16 (ANI): The gunman, who killed four people in a string of shootings in northern California on Tuesday, began his deadly rampage by killing his wife and stashing her body beneath the floorboards of their home, the police has said.
California mass shooter killed wife before going on rampage