run wild

Related to word: run

Idiom

Definition

  1. C2

    To behave in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner, often without supervision or discipline.

    (尤指兒童)放肆胡鬧

    • Since their parents started letting the kids decide their own schedules, they have started to run wild.

      自從他們的父母開始讓孩子們自己決定作息時間後,他們就開始放縱無度。

    • Without any rules, the little boy would just run wild.

      沒有任何規矩,這個小男孩就會完全失控。

    • The project started to run wild without any effective oversight.

      這個專案在缺乏有效監督的情況下開始失控。