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run ragged
adjective as in pooped
verb as in exhaust
Example Sentences
Wire spurned further chances before King stepped inside and through three challenges to score his second as Rovers’ right edge was again run ragged.
The former Real Madrid midfielder was run ragged as Palace’s impressive duo Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise enjoyed a memorable evening.
Together they tormented Liverpool's back four and, other than Robertson, I thought the Reds' defence was really run ragged, particularly in the first half.
The manner in which Harry Maguire and Casemiro, in particular, were run ragged will have sounded alarm bells, the England defender reduced to a horribly crude, agricultural block on Morris as he raced passed him, earning a deserved booking.
They should have made their margin of victory more comfortable, wasting a host of second-half chances against an Algeria side repeatedly run ragged on the counter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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