Meaning of run on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To continue without interruption
   idiomatic
2. Using a certain time zone.
3. To continue talking for a long time.
   idiomatic
4. To operate with a particular energy source.
5. To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
6. To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
   historical
7. To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
   dated, transitive
8. To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
   transitive
9. To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
   ditransitive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

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

“I was still running on daylight savings time.”

“Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time.”

“She ran on and wouldn't let⟳ anyone get⟳ a word in edgeways.”

“This car runs on bio-alcohol.”

“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.”

“The senator is running on his record⟳.”

“Don'chu run⟳ game on me.”

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