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running one on

running one on is the present participle and gerund of run one on.

Meaning of run one on

Verb

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

  1. (offensive, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To flirt with or make a pass at a woman, especially a woman already in a relationship.

Questions about running one on

What is running one on the present participle and gerund of?
Running one on is the present participle and gerund of run one on.

Words near running one on in the dictionary

  1. running off the tongue
  2. running off with
  3. running on
  4. running on empty
  5. running on fumes
  6. running one on
  7. running one's face
  8. running one's mouth
  9. running one's mouth off
  10. running one's name
  11. running order

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running one on (page history and authors); run one on (page history and authors). 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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