English

Verb

run rampant

1. (idiomatic) To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive.
   • The weeds had long run rampant in the garden and it would be difficult to regain control.
   • 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:

     Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.