Usually means: Indulge in youthful reckless behavior.
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  1. sow one's wild oats: Merriam-Webster
  2. sow one's wild oats: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sow one's wild oats, sow one's wild oats: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sow one's wild oats: Vocabulary.com
  5. sow one's wild oats: Wiktionary
  6. sow one's wild oats, sow ones wild oats: Dictionary.com
  7. sow one's wild oats: Rhymezone
  8. sow ones wild oats: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sow one's wild oats: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. sow one's wild oats: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Sow one's wild oats: World Wide Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (sow one's wild oats)

verb:  (figuratively, of a male) To spread one's genes around by impregnating many females.
verb:  (by extension, of a male or female) To engage in premarital or extramarital flings.
verb:  (by extension, of a male or female) To have numerous sexual partners.
verb:  (by extension, often of young adults or the recently divorced) To indulge in a period of irresponsible behavior.

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