2021 · Q18
Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings to each. Choose the response (a), (b), (c) or (d) which is the most appropriate expression and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Run wild
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- ATo run like a wild animal
- BTo treat anyone like a wild creature
- CTo feel like a wild animal
- DTo grow without any control
Explanation
'Run wild' means to grow or behave without restraint or control, as in 'the garden ran wild'. Option (d) 'To grow without any control' gives the figurative sense. The literal wild-animal options miss the idiom. Hence (d), matching the official key.