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ran on

verb , past tense of run on

Synonyms and Antonyms of ran on

1 to engage in casual or rambling conversation

we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years

Synonyms of ran on

babbled, blabbed, cackled, chaffered [British], chatted, chattered, chinned [slang], conversed, gabbed, gabbled, gassed, jabbered, jawed, kibitzed (also kibbitzed), nattered, palavered, pattered, prated, prattled, rapped, rattled, schmoozed (or shmoozed), talked, twittered, visited

Words Related to ran on

gossiped, tattled

descanted, discussed, expatiated

yakked (also yacked), yammered, yapped

Phrases Synonymous with ran on

blew smoke, chewed the fat (also chewed the rag), shot the breeze, talked a blue streak

2 to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state

allow the savings account to run on for now

Synonyms of ran on

abided (also abode), bode (or bided), continued, endured, held on, held up, kept up, lasted, perdured, persisted, remained

Words Related to ran on

lingered, stayed, stuck around, tarried

carried through, prevailed, survived

Near Antonyms of ran on

abated, died (down), ebbed, let up, moderated, subsided, waned

Antonyms of ran on

ceased, closed, concluded, desisted, died, discontinued, ended, expired, finished, lapsed, left off, passed, quit (also quitted), stopped, terminated, wound up (also winded up)

3 to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point

she's very sweet, but she does tend to run on

Synonyms of ran on

blathered (on), maundered, rambled, rattled, went on

Words Related to ran on

deviated, digressed, strayed, wandered

blabbed, blabbered, blithered, bumbled, burbled, chatted, chattered, driveled (or drivelled), drooled, gabbed, gabbled, gibbered, jabbered, pattered, prated, prattled, waffled

Phrases Synonymous with ran on

ran one's mouth

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