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run on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. run-onverb

    (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines

  2. run onverb

    talk or narrate at length

  3. run on, keep goingverb

    continue uninterrupted

    "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

Wiktionary

  1. run onverb

    To continue without interruption

  2. run onverb

    To continue talking for a long time.

  3. run onverb

    To operate with a particular energy source.

Wikipedia

  1. Run On

    Run On is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the second single from his fifth studio album Play on April 26, 1999. The song incorporates prominent vocal samples from "Run On for a Long Time" by Bill Landford and the Landfordairs.

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  1. run on

    A run-on is a term used in writing, referring to a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined together without an appropriate punctuation or conjunction. It's an error in English grammar where two complete thoughts are written as one continuous sentence, making it confusing and difficult to understand.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of run on in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of run on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of run on in a Sentence

  1. Craig Erlam:

    Christmas has definitely arrived early for oil producers, brent could get closer to $70 before the rally starts to run on fumes.

  2. Wang Shouqing:

    It was unrealistic to stop state and government firms from participating, but placing no restrictions on them has resulted in this, because they run on a different playing field.

  3. Scott Ruesterholz:

    While no event can compare to alien invaders arriving, COVID-19 has been the biggest shock to global society in decades, the way the public and governments responded to it influenced me in writing how the public reacts to aliens. There even is a line about a run on toilet paper, which was added post-COVID!

  4. Al Capone:

    My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.

  5. Ron Johnson:

    You take a look at open borders, 40-year high inflation, record gas prices, rising crime, the Republicans can't talk about the results of The Republicans governance, so The Republicans've got to try and find something else to run on.

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