Antonyms for run amuck

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-muhk

Phonetic Transcription : əˈmʌk

Definition of run amuck

Origin : 17c., variant of amok; treated as a muck by Dryden, Byron, etc., and defended by Fowler, who considered amok didacticism.

As in rampage : verb go crazy; storm
As in rave : verb talk endlessly
As in rhapsodize : verb rave

Example sentences :

She saw that he resented her shrinking; it seemed to excite him to run amuck the more.
Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy

On the third day,” continued he, “we are to ‘run amuck,’ if you know what that is.
Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid

We cannot run amuck as giants over this world and hope to conquer it.
Extract from : « The Girl in the Golden Atom » by Raymond King Cummings

But failing these he was to run amuck and do whatever damage he could.
Extract from : « Uncle Sam Detective » by William Atherton Du Puy

Men have run amuck with their thoughts, and they do things that are positively criminal.
Extract from : « Mother » by Maksim Gorky

The hoofbeats began to run amuck as though the horse had lost its rider.
Extract from : « "Persons Unknown" » by Virginia Tracy

I'll grab Jerry's axe or pitchfork and run amuck, blest if I don't.
Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown

Europe and Asia had run amuck, hysterical with fear and blood.
Extract from : « The Man Who Rocked the Earth » by Arthur Train

The best answer I can make is: "Do nothing to make him run amuck."
Extract from : « A Mind That Found Itself » by Clifford Whittingham Beers

Such a beast is ready to run amuck, frothing at the mouth, and Sim Squires was not unlike that dog.
Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck

Synonyms for run amuck

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