run into the ground
Example Sentences
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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 • Apr. 10, 2024
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
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
Your sympathy-hunting game has just about run into the ground.
From The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range by Garland, Hamlin
