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

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

Former Arsenal and France forward Thierry Henry and ex-Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher have expressed the view, external that modern-day players are being "being treated like cattle" and "run into the ground".

From BBC

It’s a winning start, and likely means that the only company being run into the ground is the fictional one at the heart of the Ladder.

From Los Angeles Times

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