run wild
(prison slang, of prison sentences) To run consecutively.
Seen in the wild
Academy grads also tend to run wild a bit after graduation.
That’s what happens when you let ICE thugs run wild and the Vice-President publicly announces the regime will give them “full immunity”
#NATGDay4 #NATG #mlp #mlpoc Prompt: Draw a pony brainstorming / Draw a pony letting their imagination run wild!
RUN WILD!!! (Yes. That's a Jojo- I mean... G5 reference.)
If it were a county in Michigan, it'd rank 18th in population, but with a population density so low that only it'd rank 68th in density and would be comparable to counties where moose and wolves run wild.
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(prison slang, of prison sentences) To run consecutively.
“Academy grads also tend to run wild a bit after graduation.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That’s what happens when you let ICE thugs run wild and the Vice-President publicly announces the regime will give them “full immunity””
— Bluesky· May 2026“#NATGDay4 #NATG #mlp #mlpoc Prompt: Draw a pony brainstorming / Draw a pony letting their imagination run wild!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiomatic) To go unchecked; to be out of control.
“RUN WILD!!! (Yes. That's a Jojo- I mean... G5 reference.)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If it were a county in Michigan, it'd rank 18th in population, but with a population density so low that only it'd rank 68th in density and would be comparable to counties where moose and wolves run wild.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“For NATG 2026 Day 4: "Draw a pony brainstorming / Draw a pony letting their imagination run wild!" I thought I'd mix in something for May the Fourth too. #mlp #mlpg4 #mlpg5 #MistyBrightdawn #RainbowDash #natg #NATGDay4 #lightsaber #StarWarsDay”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In order to do that you need to reign in the richest - and you do that by taxing them and regulating them otherwise they'll just continue to run wild.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Nah, all the US cares about is capitalism, greed, and profit run wild and rampant. The people are just the means to do it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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