Run on

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To continue without interruption idiomatic

    "We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time."

  2. 2
    talk or narrate at length wordnet
  3. 3
    Using a certain time zone.

    "I was still running on daylight savings time."

  4. 4
    continue uninterrupted wordnet
  5. 5
    To continue talking for a long time. idiomatic

    "She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways."

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  1. 6
    To operate with a particular energy source.

    "This car runs on bio-alcohol."

  2. 7
    To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.

    "Accordingly, depositors may run on a bank upon the receipt of adverse economic news that induces them to revise their assessment of a bank's soundness."

  3. 8
    To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. historical
  4. 9
    To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. dated, transitive
  5. 10
    To rely on (something) for popular support in an election. transitive

    "The senator is running on his record."

  6. 11
    To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone). ditransitive, slang

    "Don'chu run game on me."

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