run on
— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
If an event runs on, it continues for longer than expected:
The game/speech/discussion ran on for hours.
If time runs on, it seems to pass quickly:
Time's running on - let's get this job finished soon!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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