run on

present singular third person runs on · participle present running on · past ran on

1. idiomaticTo continue without interruption

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

2. Using a certain time zone.

   I was still running on daylight savings time.

   1 more example

   Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time.

   2016 April 9, Bill de Blasio, "Shamilton" at the Inner Circle Dinner

3. idiomaticTo continue talking for a long time.

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

4. To operate with a particular energy source.

   This car runs on bio-alcohol.

5. To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.

   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.

   2009, Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Michael W. Taylor, Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies, page 27

6. historicalmediaTo carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
7. datedtransitiveTo press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
8. transitiveTo rely on (something) for popular support in an election.

   The senator is running on his record.

9. ditransitiveslangAfrican-American VernacularTo attempt to enact (a plan, trick or scheme) on (someone).

   Don'chu run game on me.