the difference between "run wild" and "go wild"

[chance22]

I saw two phrases, go wild and run wild. I want to know if there is any difference between the meaning of them too, and if there is, then what kind of difference?
Would you help?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Please give us examples in complete sentences to consider.

Not a teacher.

 

[chance22]

Not a teacher.

He ____ (went/ran) wild when he went shopping in town for the first time.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wild_1?q=wild
After reading the above, I would go for 'went'.
Not a teacher.

 

[Tdol]

I agree with Matthew. You can let your imagination run wild, and plants, animals and children can run wild if they grow up without control or discipline.

 

[Raymott]

But Matthew went with 'went'. I would also use "run wild".
If someone "went wild", I might assume they had an angry outburst.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It could also mean shopped with reckless abandon.

 

[probus]

Originally posted by MikeNewYork:
It could also mean shopped with reckless abandon.

Exactly. That nails the connotational difference. "Go wild" is usually mild. "Run wild" is sometimes severe.

 

[emsr2d2]

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