run on
Intermediate (B1)neutral
To keep going too long, to talk and talk without stopping, or what makes an engine or machine work
"The meeting ran on for two hours longer than scheduled."
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Run on me.

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Run on time.

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I run on caffeine.

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I run on spite.

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We run on compute.