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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. The Dovekeepers:

    After a really long run on' NCIS,' the important thing for me is to live a little, travel, be with family and friends, laugh and catch up, if I take care of me and take care of my heart, the work will come and the right projects will find me. I'm sure the right things are going to come and I'm going to be really excited to go back and get my feet wet.

  2. Scott Stapp:

    Mental health issues run on both sides of my family, we’re pretty certain I was innately predisposed to it and that it was going to take a hold through my DNA whenever that time was coming.

  3. Rachel Bovard:

    Candidate quality is a big factor in compelling voter trust, and when you have candidates like John Fetterman, who is struggling to recover from a stroke and unable to handle the rigors of the campaign trail, and even incumbents like Raphael Warnock and Mark Kelly who have no accomplishments to run on, it's that much harder of a sell. Because politics is about policy, yes, but it's also about connecting to voters in a visceral way and convincing them you can be trusted with their interests. Democrats are just out to sea on both.

  4. Chris Cooper:

    Many candidates have run on real world experience instead of government experience, and if she can cast it as a positive, people may be willing to see it that way.

  5. Ted Cruz:

    After a great deal of time and thought, after a great deal of consideration and prayer, I have come to the conclusion that if I am nominated to be president of the United States that I will run on a ticket with my vice presidential nominee, Carly Fiorina.

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