run into the ground

VERB

overdo

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exaggerate overestimate overplay overrate overreach overstate overuse overvalue

STRONG

amplify belabor fatigue hype magnify overburden overindulge overload overtax overtire overwork pressure puff stretch

WEAK

be intemperate bite off too much do to death drive oneself go overboard go too far lay it on make federal case not know when to stop pile on run riot strain oneself talk big wear down wear oneself out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

play down

STRONG

compress decrease lessen

WEAK

ignore neglect

Example Sentences

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A team that was being run into the ground by a superstar and his agent just regained control of its identity again.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

But as the Framers could have warned you, a nation that was dreamed up chiefly by lawyers was almost overdetermined to be run into the ground by them one day.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

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

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)

run into the ground

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