run on
Continue without stopping
Run on means to continue without stopping or beyond expected limits.
A meeting runs on when it exceeds its scheduled time.
Someone who talks too much runs on and on.
In printing and writing, run-on describes text that continues without proper breaks—a run-on sentence lacks punctuation between independent clauses.
To run on a particular fuel or power source is to operate using it: The car runs on diesel.
Make longer or larger
- continueGo on without stopping
- persistContinue firmly onward
- stretchPull to extend
- prolongExtend in duration
perpetuate · last · endure · sustain · marathon · streak · spree · chain
Joined by melting together
- comma spliceMisjoined clauses with punctuation
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
error · splice · independent clause · conjunction · period · semicolon · compound · syntax
extend
Make longer or larger
prolong · perpetuate · last · endure · sustain · marathon · streak · spree · chain · succession
fused
Joined by melting together
- comma spliceMisjoined clauses with punctuation
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
grammar · error · splice · independent clause · conjunction · period · semicolon · compound · syntax · unpunctuated
ramble
Move or speak without direction
stray · diverge · deviate · sidetrack · aside · detour · off-topic · discursive · non sequitur · irrelevant
- ramblingramble, babble, blather, prattle, waffle
- perseverancepersist, never give up, tenacity, hang in there, endurance
run onstop short
Cease movement abruptly
cut short · get to the point · wrap up · summarize · abbreviate
run, on, runner, running, runs, ran, outrun, rundown, runners