intransitive verb
1. : to keep going : continue
if the disease is allowed to run on unchecked
let an account run on
2. : to talk or narrate at length
ran on endlessly about his family
apt to run on at the slightest provocation
transitive verb
1. : to carry on (matter in type) without a break or a new paragraph : run in
2. : to place or add (as an entry in a dictionary) at the end of a paragraphed item