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===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-run on.ogg|Audio (a=AU)}}
 
===Verb===
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# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[continue]] without [[interruption]]
#: ''{{ux|en|We can't afford for the performance to '''run on''' for more than the specified time.''}}
# [[using|Using]] a [[certain]] [[time zone]].
#: ''I was still '''running on''' [[daylight savings time]].''
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#*: Sorry, Hillary. I was [[run on|running on]] [[CP time]].
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[continue]] [[talking]] for a long time.
#: ''{{ux|en|She '''ran on''' and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.''}}
# To [[operate]] with a particular [[energy]] source.
#: ''{{ux|en|This car '''runs on''' bio-alcohol.''}}
# To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
#* '''{{quote-text|en|year=2009''', |author=Heidi Mandanis Schooner,; ‎MichaelMichael W. Taylor, ''|title=Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies'' (|page =27)
#*: |passage=Accordingly, depositors may '''run on''' a bank upon the receipt of adverse economic news that induces them to revise their assessment of a bank's soundness.}}
# {{lb|en|printing|historical}} To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
# {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To rely on (something) for popular support in an election.
#: {{ux|en|The senator is '''running on''' his record.}}
# {{lb|en|ditransitive|slang|AAVE}} To attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).
#: {{ux|en|Don'chu '''run''' game '''on''' me.}}
 
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=nnoru|unorn}}
 
[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]
[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (on)]]
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