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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
  • sheʼs 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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