Idiom
run wild
Meaning
To go unchecked; to be out of control.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The children run wild in the park every afternoon.”
“If you let your garden run wild, the weeds will soon destroy all your flowers.”
“Without any clear rules or guidance from the management, the project was allowed to run wild until it eventually failed.”
Examples
simple
“The children run wild in the park every afternoon.”
contextual
“If you let your garden run wild, the weeds will soon destroy all your flowers.”
complex
“Without any clear rules or guidance from the management, the project was allowed to run wild until it eventually failed.”
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