run on (English, verb)
expansion: run on (third-person singular simple present runs on, present participle running on, simple past ran on, past participle run on)
Senses:
glosses: To continue without interruption
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Using a certain time zone.
glosses: To continue talking for a long time.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To operate with a particular energy source.
glosses: To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
tags: historical
glosses: To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
tags: dated
transitive
glosses: To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
tags: transitive
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
tags: ditransitive
slang
Forms:
form: runs on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: running on
tags: participle
present
form: ran on
tags: past
form: run on
tags: participle
past