- run someone to ground
- run (someone) to ground
British & Australian
to find someone after searching for a long time.
Chinese detectives ran him to ground in a Shanghai night club.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
run someone to ground
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run someone/thing to ground (or Brit. earth) Hunting — chase a quarry to its lair. ↘Brit. find someone or something after a long search. → run … English new terms dictionary
run someone/something to earth — (or ground) Hunting chase a quarry to its lair ■ find someone or something, typically after a long search … Useful english dictionary
run into the ground — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed. * /It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground./ 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. * /We lost the game today,… … Dictionary of American idioms
run into the ground — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed. * /It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground./ 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. * /We lost the game today,… … Dictionary of American idioms
run\ into\ the\ ground — v. phr. informal 1. To do or use (smth) more than is wanted or needed. It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground. 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. We lost the game today, but tomorrow we ll … Словарь американских идиом
run someone into the ground — run/work/drive/someone into the ground phrase to make someone work very hard, until they are so tired that they cannot work any more You have to be careful that you don’t work yourself into the ground. Thesaurus: to make someone work hardsynonym … Useful english dictionary
run someone/something down — 1) (of a vehicle or its driver) hit a person or animal and knock them to the ground ■ (of a boat) collide with another vessel 2) criticize someone or something unfairly or unkindly 3) find someone or something after a search she finally ran the… … Useful english dictionary
run someone/something to ground — see run … Useful english dictionary
run to ground — run (someone) to ground British & Australian to find someone after searching for a long time. Chinese detectives ran him to ground in a Shanghai night club … New idioms dictionary
ground — ground1 [ground] n. [ME grund < OE, ground, bottom, akin to Ger grund, ON grunnr: for IE base see GRIND] 1. a) Obs. the lowest part, base, or bottom of anything b) the bottom of a body of water 2. the surface of the earth, specif. the solid… … English World dictionary
