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run amuck
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Etymology and Origins
Run Amuck
To run foul of a person or thing. The phrase is derived from the Malays, who, while under the influence of opium, rush through the streets with drawn daggers, crying: Amog! amog! (“Kill! kill!”), and threaten the lives of everyone they encounter.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of run amuck in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of run amuck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of run amuck in a Sentence
It’s political correctness run amuck.
The internal affairs of every country should be decided by their own people. External interference and sanctions will only exacerbate the tension situation, and allow the law of the jungle to once again run amuck, there's already enough of such lessons from history, and the same old disastrous road should not be followed.
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