Run On

Definition: Run On

Run On

Verb

1. Talk or narrate at length.

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Run On

Continuance in action

Verb: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

Facility

Verb: be easy; Adjective: go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play; Noun: go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well.

Impulse

Fall into a rut, fall into a custom; (conform to); tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias; move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way.

Prosperity

Verb: prosper, thrive, flourish; be prosperous; Adjective: drive a roaring trade, do a booming business; go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly; sail before the wind, swim with the tide; run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours.

Crosswords: Run On

He's right, as if we're suddenly gonna have a run on Gatorade (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

He's a gut runner, digs deep! But a short sprint is run on nerves (Chariots of Fire; writing credit: Colin Welland)

If that's where the leak is, we can isolate it. We can save what's left in the tanks and we can run on the good cell (Apollo 13; writing credit: Jim Lovell; Jeffrey Kluger)

There was a run on the bank (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh)

So does it run on regular unleaded gasoline (Back to the Future; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale)

I gotta run on down to the beat you see ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

Home Run on the Keys (1936)

The Run On Percy (1915)

How They Stopped the Run on the Bank (1911)

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Books

• Torpedo Run on Iron Bottomed Bay. (reference)

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Early sidescan sonar record showing targets Tests run on HILGARD ASV-82. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A Japanese Navy "Judy" (Yokosuka D4Y3) bomber passes near USS Bataan (CVL-29) during an unsuccessful dive bombing run on Task Force 58, while the U.S. ships were operating off Japan on 20 March 1945. The Japanese plane was soon brought down by anti-aircraft fire. Photographed from USS Hancock (CV-19). Bataan is the ship in the center of the view. Credit: NAVY.

Makes over 30 knots, during a high speed run on 1 March 1989. Photographed by PH2 Michael Skeens. Credit: NAVY.

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. Rivet holes for the armor plates of military tanks are run on a vertical drill press in an Eastern mill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farmers' cooperative creamery at Ruthven, Iowa. This is very successful. It is run on a stock share basis. Milk sells retail at five cents per quart and cream (thirty-five to thirty-eight percent) at thirty-five cents per quart. Credit: Library of Congress.

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It was useless to run on.

They did not run on the ground, but on their own roadbeds

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Business

Two characteristics of the Swedish system are that it is decentralized and it is run on democratic principles. (references)

As “jSure” is implemented in Java, a platform independent programming language, the jSure application can run on any infrastructure. (references)

Compared with cars made ten years ago, today’s models run on 40% less fuel and emit exhaust gases that are five to ten times lower in pollutants. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

Several newspapers were run on Magic presses with blank pages during the election campaign. (references)

Moldova

The Government also dissolved the Press Concern, an institution that provided space for a number of independent media and journalists' organizations, including the Moldpress news agency; the Government turned over control of the Press Concern's building to the State Chancellery to run on a for-profit basis. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

A run on deposits at the fourth largest bank was stemmed by GOK intervention. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

Until late 2000, prisons were run on the ward system and most prisoners lived in 50-100 person wards. (references)

Political Economy

Poland

In the September elections ROP will run on a join list with AWS. (references)

Ireland

The PDs have run on a platform that supports investment in key infrastructure needs, seeks to end corruption in Irish politics, and supports increased privatization, foreign investment and trade in the Irish economy. (references)

Trade

Peru

Although it is legally empowered to do so, the Central Bank does not envision having to act as a "lender of last resort" in the case of a run on a commercial bank, since the SBS has set reserve and liquidity requirements on deposits and other short-term liabilities at relatively high levels. (references)

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Expressions using "run on": make a run on ♦ run on all fours ♦ run on errands ♦ run on his talk ♦ run on in a groove ♦ run on smth. ♦ to run on ♦ to run on all fours. Additional references.

Albanian

suplementar (added, expletive, extra, odd, relief, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary), shticë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏تكلم بإستمرار (run on smth., talk away), ‏إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, take, wear out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свързвам (ally, articulate, associate, bandage, bond, brace, bracket, catenate, colligate, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, construe, couple, gather, interconnect, join, knot, lash, link, marry, mate, pack, piece out, piece together, put through, truss, weld), сливам (amalgamate, combine, contract, fuse, incorporate, melt, merge, run together, slur), тека (course, devolve, effuse, flow, flux, lapse, leak, roll, roll by, run, set, sluice), говоря непрекъснато, говоря безспир (yammer), въртя се около (circle), вмъкнат материал (run in), не спирам, занимавам се с (address oneself to, engage in, go in for, handle, occupy, prosecute, see about, see to, treat), правя анжамбман, пиша слято (run upon). (various references)

Danish

undersoeiske boretoppe goer det muligt at benytte den saakaldte T.F.L.metode(Through Flow Lines)i forbindelse med arbejde med vaerktoej,der normalt betjenes ved hjaelp af en wire (subsea production wellheads can be designed for the T.F.L.(through flowline)method for manoeuvring tools usually run on a wire), spekulativ pengebevægelse (run on a currency, speculative monetary movement), pres på en valuta (run on a currency, speculative monetary movement), et opslidset eller afskaermet forlaengerforingsroer nedsaettes normalt ved hjaelp af en roerstreng og haenges op inden i produktionsforingsroeret ud for det producerende lag (the slotted or screen liner is normally run on tubing and hung inside the oil string opposite the producing zone). (various references)

Dutch

speculatieve monetaire beweging (run on a currency, speculative monetary movement), kleiner afval dat in het boorgat is achtergebleven,zoals boortanden of-rollen,of andere stukjes staal,kunnen worden opgevist door een aan de boorpijp neergelaten permanente magneet;ook worden verschillende scorten afvalbakjes gebruikt die even boven de be (cones, or other small pieces of steel may be retrieved with a permanent magnet run on the drill pipe;various junk baskets run just above the bit are also used for this purpose, small items of junk such as bit teeth), de van sleuven voorziene zeefpijp wordt meestal langs de stijgbuis neergelaten en in de produktieserie opgehangen tegenover de produktieve laag (the slotted or screen liner is normally run on tubing and hung inside the oil string opposite the producing zone). (various references)

French

continuer de parler (run on smth.), continuer de courir, baratiner, être lié. (various references)

German

stürmen (assault, attack, be infuriated, charge, make a run on, play forward, plunge, rage, squall, storm, tempests, to squall, to storm), spekulative Geldbewegung (run on a currency, speculative monetary movement), kleine Schrotteile wie Meisselzaehne,Meisselrollen oder andere kleine Stahlteile koennen mittels eines am Bohrgestaenge eingefahrenen Permanentmagneten herausgeholt werden;verschiedenartige Schrottkoerbe,die unmittelbar oberhalb des Meissels gefahren werd (cones, or other small pieces of steel may be retrieved with a permanent magnet run on the drill pipe;various junk baskets run just above the bit are also used for this purpose, small items of junk such as bit teeth). (various references)

Greek 

εξακολούθηση (continuation), εξακολουθώ (carry on, continue, go on, keep, keep on, persist). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"משיך לעשות (keep, keep on), ל�"בר בלי �"רף. (various references)

Hungarian

pótlólagos (auxiliary), folytatólagos (running, uninterrupted). (various references)

Italian

parlare senza tregua. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"引く (to cull, to run on a curtailed schedule, to thin out), 取り付け (fitting, furnishing, installation, run on a bank), エクリン腺 (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels, eccrine gland, echo, echo back, eclair, ecocide, Ecole de Paris, ecological mark, ecology, econometrics, economic animal, economical, economics, economist, economy, economy class, ecosystem, executive, executive class, existence, exit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まびく (to cull, to run on a curtailed schedule, to thin out), エコステーション (a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels), とりつけ (fitting, furnishing, installation, run on a bank). (various references)

Manx

lhiantyn (attach, clinging, habitual, obsess, stick, stick on, take after), goll er (carry on, continue). (various references)

Pig Latin

unray onay.(various references)

Portuguese

prosseguir (continue, proceed, proceed with, progress, prosecute, resume, run). (various references)

Romanian

face comisioane (fetch and carry, go on errands, run on errands). (various references)

Russian 

работать на....спрос на, приложение (addenda, addendum, adjunct, annex, apendices, apendix, aposition, app appendix, appendices, appendix, appendix (to), application, apposition, supplement), дополнительный (additional, addl additional, adscititious, anytime more, auxiliary, complementary, excess, extra, further, more, new, obverse, optional, supplemental, supplementary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odrednica (entry). (various references)

Spanish

seguir corriendo (run up), continuar sin dejar espacio. (various references)

Swedish

i svit. (various references)

Turkish

koşmaya devam etmek, ilişkin olmak, ilerlemek (advance, develop, forge ahead, gain, get along, go ahead, go along, go forward, go on, improve, keep going, make headway, make one's way, make progress, move, move on, proceed, progress, push on), durmadan konuşmak (talk nineteen to the dozen, talk the hind legsoff a donkey), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, carry over, continue, draw, endure, follow on, get along, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep on, keep up, last, pass on, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, pursue, push, stand, stand to), devam eden sözcük, devam eden madde, devam eden (continued, continueing, continuous), aynı satırdan başlayan, aynı satırdan başlamak. (various references)

Ukrainian

продовжуватися (elongate, endure, stay on). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: noun.

-2 letters: nor, nun, our, run, urn.

-3 letters: no, nu, on, or, un.

+1 letter: neuron, turnon, unborn, untorn, unworn.

+2 letters: fenuron, grunion, linuron, monuron, neurone, neurons, neutron, nocturn, nondrug, nonjury, nonuser, pronoun, reunion, rundown, turnons, uncrown, unicorn, unround, unroven, unshorn, unsworn.

+3 letters: downturn, fenurons, grunions, linurons, monurons, mourning, neuraxon, neuronal, neurones, neuronic, neutrino, neutrons, nocturne, nocturns, nonjuror, nonrural, nonsugar, nontrump, nontruth, nonurban, nonusers, notturni, notturno, nutbrown, preunion, pronouns, prounion, renounce, reunions, rounding, rundowns, runround, trunnion, turndown, unanchor, unbroken, uncrowns, unfrozen, unground, unicorns, unironed, unornate, unperson, unproven, unreason, unrobing, unrounds, unthrone.