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
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
Despite that public backing, though, Dicker was dropped for seven games and was "run into the ground".
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2020
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
