run riot
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Intellectual license granted, the company is allowed to run riot in a performance work that maintains a Brechtian distance between actor and role.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
Off the bench, Billy Gilmour subtly brought some control to Scotland's play against Greece, who were threatening to run riot at Hampden for the second time in seven months.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
She then let her emotions run riot on and off court in her Roland Garros loss to Gauff.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
Flowers also run riot inside City Hall too.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Let me be prosaic so far as facts can be; it will help me to bear up, and imagination must not run riot with me.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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