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run on

run on verb: to continue without interruption.

Verb

run on (third-person singular simple present runs on, present participle running on, simple past ran on, past participle run on)

  1. (idiomatic) To continue without interruption
    • We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.
  2. Using a certain time zone.
    • I was still running on daylight savings time.
    • Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time.2016 April 9, Bill de Blasio, "Shamilton" at the Inner Circle Dinner
  3. (idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time.
    • She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.
  4. To operate with a particular energy source.
    • This car runs on bio-alcohol.
  5. 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, Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Michael W. Taylor, Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies, page 27
  6. (historical) To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
  7. (dated, transitive) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
  8. (transitive) To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
    • The senator is running on his record.
  9. (ditransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
    • Don'chu run game on me.

run on meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

run on in Bengali

বিঘ্ন ছাড়াই চালিয়ে যাওয়া, দীর্ঘক্ষণ ধরে কথা বলা, ব্যঙ্গ করা

run on in Malayalam

carry on, continue, go on
തുടർന്നുപോകുക, തുടരുക, തുടർന്നുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, തുടർന്നു നടത്തുക, അനിശ്ചിതമായി തുടരുക, നീട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടുപോകുക
talk a lot, talk incenssantly, go on
സംസാരം തുടരുക, നിർത്താതെ സംസാരിക്കുക, ധാരാളം സംസാരിക്കുക, വാ തോരാതെ സംസാരിക്കുക, കലപില സംസാരിക്കുക, കാടുകയറി വാദപ്രതിവാദം നടത്തുക

Forms of run on

third-person singular presentruns on
present participlerunning on
pastran on
past participlerun on

Questions about run on

What does run on mean?
Run on means to continue without interruption.
What is run on in Bengali?
Run on in Bengali is বিঘ্ন ছাড়াই চালিয়ে যাওয়া, দীর্ঘক্ষণ ধরে কথা বলা, ব্যঙ্গ করা. See Run on meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is run on?
Run on is a verb.
What is the past tense of run on?
The past tense of run on is ran on.

Words near run on in the dictionary

  1. run off at the mouth
  2. run off on
  3. run off one's mouth
  4. run off the tongue
  5. run off with
  6. run on
  7. run on empty
  8. run on fumes
  9. run on the bank
  10. run on the banks
  11. run one on

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: run on (page history and authors); run on (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); run on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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