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Synonyms for run on
Grammar : Noun, verb, verb |
Spell : ruhn-on, -awn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌnˌɒn, -ˌɔn |
Top 10 synonyms for run on Other synonyms for the word run on
- abide
- add to
- aggrandize
- amplify
- articulate
- augment
- babble
- be
- be left
- be long lived
- be timeless
- beef up
- betray
- bide
- blab
- blather
- blurt
- blurt out
- broach
- cackle
- carry forward
- carry on
- carry through
- chant
- chat
- chatter
- chew the fat
- chew the rag
- clack
- cling
- comment on
- confabulate
- confess
- converse
- crane
- describe
- develop
- dilate
- disclose
- divulge
- drag one's feet
- drag out
- draw
- draw out
- drawl
- drone
- elongate
- endure
- enhance
- enlarge
- exist
- expand
- express
- extend
- fan out
- flap one's tongue
- forge ahead
- gab
- gabble
- get on with it
- gibber
- give away
- give voice to
- go beyond
- go on
- gossip
- gush
- hang in
- hang on
- have no end
- heighten
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- increase
- influence
- intone
- inundate
- invade
- jabber
- jaw
- keep at
- keep on
- keep on truckin'
- keep the ball rolling
- keep up
- last
- lengthen
- let out
- let slip
- linger
- list
- live
- live on
- loiter
- magnify
- maintain
- make headway
- mantle
- mouth
- move ahead
- multiply
- mumble
- murmur
- mutter
- never cease
- never say die
- notify
- open
- outlast
- outlive
- overflow
- overgrow
- overshoot
- overspread
- overstep
- overwhelm
- pad
- palaver
- parley
- patter
- peach
- perdure
- permeate
- persevere
- persist
- persist in
- persuade
- prate
- prattle
- press on
- prevail
- progress
- project
- prolong
- prolongate
- promote
- pronounce
- protract
- pursue
- push on
- rant
- ravage
- rave
- reach
- reel off
- remain
- rest
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- ride
- ride out
- run off at the mouth
- run on
- run over
- run through
- say
- shoot the breeze
- sing
- soliloquize
- speak
- spill
- spill the beans
- spin out
- spout
- spread
- spread like wildfire
- spread out
- squeak
- squeal
- stall
- stand
- stay
- stay on
- stick at
- stick to
- stretch
- string out
- superannuate
- supplement
- surge
- surpass
- survive
- sustain
- swarm
- take
- tal
- talk a blue streak
- talk foolishly
- talk incoherently
- talk nonsensically
- talk one's leg off
- talk someone's ear off
- talk through one's hat
- tattle
- tell
- tell all
- tell on
- trivialize
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- uphold
- use
- utter
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- voice
- wear
- wear on
- wear well
- well over
- widen
- yak
- yakkety yak
- yakkety-yak
- yammer
- yap
Définition of run on
Origin :- the modern verb is a merger of two related Old English words, in both of which the first letters sometimes switched places. The first is intransitive rinnan, irnan "to run, flow, run together" (past tense ran, past participle runnen), cognate with (cf. Middle Dutch runnen, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic rinnan, German rinnen "to flow, run").
- The second is Old English transitive weak verb ærnan, earnan "ride, run to, reach, gain by running" (probably a metathesis of *rennan), from Proto-Germanic *rannjanan, causative of the root *ren- "to run." This is cognate with Old Saxon renian, Old High German rennen, German rennen, Gothic rannjan.
- Both are from PIE *ri-ne-a-, nasalized form of root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
- Of streams, etc., from c.1200; of machinery, from 1560s. Meaning "be in charge of" is first attested 1861, originally American English. Meaning "seek office in an election" is from 1826, American English. Phrase run for it "take flight" is attested from 1640s. Many figurative uses are from horseracing or hunting (e.g. to run (something) into the ground, 1836, American English).
- To run across "meet" is attested from 1855, American English. To run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to run out of in the same sense is from 1713. To run around with "consort with" is from 1887. Run away "flee in the face of danger" is from late 14c. To run late is from 1954.
- As in yak/yap : noun, verb talk a lot
- As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
- As in babble : verb talk trivially, often incessantly
- As in rattle : verb talk aimlessly, endlessly
- As in talk : verb produce words; inform
- As in blab : verb gossip
- As in yak : verb talk
- As in chat : verb talk, gossip
- As in gibber : verb babble
- As in continue : verb persist, carry on
- As in endure : verb continue; be durable
- As in extend : verb make larger, longer
Antonyms for run on
- abbreviate
- abridge
- appease
- be quiet
- be silent
- cease
- close
- complete
- compress
- conceal
- condemn
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- cover
- curtail
- cut
- decrease
- degrade
- depart
- desist
- die
- diminish
- discontinue
- end
- evacuate
- finish
- go
- halt
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- ignore
- keep
- leave
- lessen
- listen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- move
- narrow
- placate
- quit
- reduce
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- restrict
- retreat
- retrogress
- secrete
- shorten
- shrink
- shut up
- soothe
- speak clearly
- stop
- suppress
- surrender
- take back
- underwhelm
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