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run on

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of run 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 run on

babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chat, chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit

Words Related to run on

gossip, tattle

descant, discuss, expatiate

yak (also yack), yammer, yap

Phrases Synonymous with run on

blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk 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 run on

abide, bide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep up, last, perdure, persist, remain

Words Related to run on

linger, stay, stick around, tarry

carry through, prevail, survive

Near Antonyms of run on

abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane

Antonyms of run on

cease, close, conclude, desist, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, lapse, leave off, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind 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 run on

blather (on), go on, maunder, ramble, rattle

Words Related to run on

deviate, digress, stray, wander

sidetrack

blab, blabber, blither, bumble, burble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gab, gabble, gibber, jabber, patter, prate, prattle, waffle

Phrases Synonymous with run on

run one's mouth

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