run into the ground
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“The easiest thing would have been for Robert to plow on until he truly pegged out and by which time the estate probably would have been run into the ground or mismanaged,” Bonneville says.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
I wanted to quit the show before it got really bad and run into the ground.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022
Despite that public backing, though, Dicker was dropped for seven games and was "run into the ground".
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2020
“How many businesses have been run into the ground with such a strategy?”
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2019
These burrows are cylindrical; they are often an inch in diameter and run into the ground to a depth of more than a foot; but they are not perpendicular.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
