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RUN-ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does run-on mean? 

RUN-ON (adjective)
  The adjective RUN-ON has 1 sense:

1. (verse) without a rhetorical pause between linesplay

  Familiarity information: RUN-ON used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUN-ON (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines

Antonym:

end-stopped ((verse) having a rhetorical pause at the end of each line)


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