Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Run Amuck.

Run.

Run a Rig (To).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Run Amuck.

(See AMUCK.)

“It was like a Malay running amuck, only with a more deadly weapon.”—The Times.

“Frontless and satire-proof he scours the streets,

And runs an Indian-muck at all he meets.”

Dryden: The Hind and the Panther.

Run.

Run a Rig (To).

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