"run one on" meaning in English

See run one on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: runs one on [present, singular, third-person], running one on [participle, present], ran one on [past], run one on [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> one on}} run one on (third-person singular simple present runs one on, present participle running one on, simple past ran one on, past participle run one on)
  1. (slang, offensive, African-American Vernacular, of a man, transitive) To flirt with or make a pass at a woman, especially a woman already in a relationship. Tags: offensive, slang, transitive

Inflected forms

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