run into the ground
Example Sentences
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“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
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
Commenting on the pay ballot results, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said staff had "had enough of pay and working conditions being run into the ground".
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2021
In this peculiarity the history of Newport has been an epitome of the country, every form of amusement being in turn taken up, run into the ground, and then abandoned.
From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot
