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run-on

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) run-on (adjective)
  2. 2) run-on (noun)
  3. run-on couplet (noun)
  4. run-on sentence (noun)
  5. run (verb)
  6. run on (verb)
  7. run out (verb)

1run–on

adj \ˈrən-ˈȯn, -ˈän\

Definition of RUN-ON

: continuing without rhetorical pause from one line of verse into another
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First Known Use of RUN-ON

1877

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