run into the ground
Example Sentences
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Former Arsenal and France forward Thierry Henry and ex-Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher have expressed the view, external that modern-day players are being "being treated like cattle" and "run into the ground".
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
It’s a winning start, and likely means that the only company being run into the ground is the fictional one at the heart of the Ladder.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
I wanted to quit the show before it got really bad and run into the ground.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022
A sure sign that a comic strip has run out of creative or even mildly amusing observations is its return to a recurring theme that other cartoon artists have run into the ground.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022
There are dullards in the United States as well as elsewhere; and nothing can well be more ghastly than American humour run into the ground.
From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton)
