Run on and Stop

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Run on

Run on verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: allow the savings account to run on for now
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Antonyms for Run on
Stop is an antonym for run on in topics: continue, persist, longer.

Stop

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold
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Run on is an antonym for stop.
Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover
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  • Jonathan Hickman's run on New Avengers featured the Illuminati trying to stop 'Incursions', the collision of alternate universe Earths, the result of which is the destruction of both universes that the Earths belonged to.
    Source: Late-Arrival Spoiler
  • Useful Notes / American Football Using this technique to stop the clock does cost the down that the "play" is run, so obviously it should not be run on fourth down.
    Source: Useful Notes / American Football
  • Music / Emerson, Lake & Palmer When Steven Wilson remixed the album in 2012 he couldn't recreate the effect digitally, so it's only on the original mix (the remix lets the session run on until the band just stop).
    Source: Music / Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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Stop and Run on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_on/stop
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Stop or Run on. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_on/stop.

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