run on

run on

1. (deprecated template usage) (idiomatic) To continue without interruption

   We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.

2. (deprecated template usage) (idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time.

   She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.

3. To operate with a particular energy source.

   This car runs on bio-alcohol.

4. To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
   • 2009, Heidi Mandanis Schooner, ‎Michael W. Taylor, Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies (page 27)

     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.

5. (deprecated template usage) (printing, historical) To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.