To continue without interruption
We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.
Using a certain time zone.
To continue talking for a long time.
She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.
To operate with a particular energy source.
This car runs on bio-alcohol.
To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.