[Ads-l] run amok/amuck of

[Laurence Horn]

One for the Jerry Cohen-style syntactic blend compilation.  I don’t remember it, but here’s a relevant post from Dave Wilton:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2013-January/124992.html

LH

> On Apr 21, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> "Run afoul of."
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> Not in OED.
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> CNN this morning: "...may run amok of the First Amendment."
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> An 1880 ex. is at https://tinyurl.com/mh2my9m
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> JL
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