run on
Meaning
- (idiomatic) To continue without interruption
- Using a certain time zone.
- (idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time.
- To operate with a particular energy source.
- To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
- (historical) To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
- (dated, transitive) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
- (transitive) To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
- (ditransitive, slang) To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
Synonyms
work by
be on about
be off
run against
go on and on
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