runs amok
Loses all control
Runs amok means to behave wildly or destructively, often losing control in a violent or frenzied way: The gunman ran amok in the shopping center.
The phrase comes from a Malay word for a murderous frenzy.
It now applies more loosely to anything going chaotically out of control: Weeds ran amok in the neglected garden, His imagination runs amok.
- rampageViolent, destructive outburst
- berserkWildly, violently uncontrolled
- going postalViolent workplace outburst
- loses controlFails to manage oneself
- destructionAct of completely ruining
blind rage · hysteria · mass hysteria · frenzy · meltdown · vandalism · riot · rage · flying off the handle · stampede · chaos · total chaos · recklessness · breakdown · off the rails · havoc · pandemonium · contagion
conformity to order
runs amoktoes the line
Adheres to expectations
falls in line · conforms · obeys · complies · colors inside the lines