Lexic.us

Definition of Run on

1. Verb. Talk or narrate at length. "Sam and Sue run on"

2. Verb. Continue uninterrupted. ; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

Definition of Run on

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To continue without interruption ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time. ¹

3. Verb. To operate with a particular energy source. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Run On

run hot and cold run in run in the family run interference run into run into the ground run like a top run like the wind run low run of house

run of play run of the mill run off run off at the mouth run off with run on (current term) run on fumes run oneself ragged run out run out of steam

run out on run out the clock run outs run over run o’ the mill run rampant run rate run rings around run rings round run riot

Literary usage of Run on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The contract might run on to the expiration of the patent, or it might be terminated the next day. There is nothing from which it can be inferred that the ..."

2. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"They are run on ... all are through cars run on 30-minute headway. Two cars required on this schedule, the first car leaving Franklin square at 0 am, ..."

3. Money and Banking: Illustrated by American History by Horace White (1911)
"On the following day there was a run on it by depositors, and it" closed its ... On the 23d a run on the Trust Company of America began, and the bankers ..."

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