runs amok
phrase
variants or runs amuck
as in rampages
to express one's anger usually violently The mayor acknowledged the group's right to march, but warned that they would not be allowed to run amok. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rampages
- rages
- fumes
- bristles
- makes a scene
- storms
- blows up
- burns
- takes on
- carries on
- flips (out)
- fulminates
- flares (up)
- rants
- raves
- foams
- steams
- blusters
- smolders
- seethes
- stews
- chafes
- smoulders
- frets
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- checks
- chokes (back)
- contains
- reins
- pockets
- soothes
- curbs
- swallows
- restrains
- collects
- suppresses
- tones (down)
- moderates
- composes
- represses
- allays
- stifles
- appeases
- pacifies
- tempers
- eases
- subdues
- smothers
- stills
- strangles
- relaxes
- cools
- settles
- lets up
- calms
- quiets
- hushes
- quells