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runs one on

runs one on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs one on

What is runs one on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs one on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run one on.

Words near runs one on in the dictionary

  1. runs on
  2. runs on empty
  3. runs on fumes
  4. runs on the bank
  5. runs on the banks
  6. runs one on
  7. runs one's face
  8. runs one's mouth
  9. runs one's mouth off
  10. runs one's name
  11. runs out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runs 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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