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on a rampage
Idioms and Phrases
Behaving violently, as in There was a near riot after the game, when some of the spectators went on a rampage . This term comes from the Old Scots verb ramp , meaning “to storm and rage.” [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
No civics textbook could prepare students for the realities of power that kept the nation’s war machine on a rampage, taking several million lives in Southeast Asia or supplying weapons making possible genocide in Gaza.
He's also been on a rampage against military bases that dropped the names of Confederate leaders.
A Sudanese rights group accused the military of going on a rampage, killing at least 13 people in Camp Taiba, a village about 20km away.
"I think they were just on a rampage," said PC Teeley who described rioters as parasites.
Timée’s on the soundstage Goin’ on a rampage Listen to that accent They tell me that he’s hellbent Look out kid It’s something you did You called him Tim Now he’s feeling kinda grim He’s Dylan on the call sheet Listen to the drumbeat Watch out for the p.a.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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