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runs on

verb , present tense third-person singular of run on

Synonyms and Antonyms of runs 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 runs on

babbles, blabs, cackles, chaffers [British], chats, chatters, chins [slang], converses, gabbles, gabs, gases (or gasses), jabbers, jaws, kibitzes (also kibbitzes), natters, palavers, patters, prates, prattles, raps, rattles, schmoozes (or shmoozes), talks, twitters, visits

Words Related to runs on

gossips, tattles

descants, discusses, expatiates

yaks (also yacks), yammers, yaps

Phrases Synonymous with runs on

blows smoke, chews the fat (also chews the rag), shoots the breeze, talks 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 runs on

abides, bides, continues, endures, holds on, holds up, keeps up, lasts, perdures, persists, remains

Words Related to runs on

lingers, stays, sticks around, tarries

carries through, prevails, survives

Near Antonyms of runs on

abates, dies (down), ebbs, lets up, moderates, subsides, wanes

Antonyms of runs on

ceases, closes, concludes, desists, dies, discontinues, ends, expires, finishes, lapses, leaves off, passes, quits, stops, terminates, winds 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 runs on

blathers (on), goes on, maunders, rambles, rattles

Words Related to runs on

deviates, digresses, strays, wanders

blabbers, blabs, blithers, bumbles, burbles, chats, chatters, drivels, drools, gabbles, gabs, gibbers, jabbers, patters, prates, prattles, waffles

Phrases Synonymous with runs on

runs one's mouth

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