Sekirov Dictionary

run on

verb 9
run-on noun 4
run-on adjective 2
forms 4

verb9

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To continue without interruption
- We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.
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Using a certain time zone.
- I was still running on daylight savings time.
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To operate with a particular energy source.
- This car runs on bio-alcohol.
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To continue talking for a long time.
- She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.
To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
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To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
- The senator is running on his record.
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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. — 2009
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(slang) To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
- Don'chu run game on me.
(old-fashioned) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.

run-on noun4

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A run-on sentence.
- She reads musically. No harsh stops, no broken-breathy run-ons, no ups and down soft and fast fluctuations. — 1974
Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary.
An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.
The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off.

run-on adjective2

Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate.
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Placed or coming at the end of something, such as at the end of a dictionary entry.
- Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run-on entries.

forms

ran on · running on · runs on · run-ons

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