work sb into the ground

work sb into the ground
drive/run/work sb into the ground
to make someone work very hard, especially so that they become ill or extremely tired: »

Although we worked everyone into the ground, we didn't get the job done in time.

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They were running themselves into the ground.

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Financial and business terms. 2012.

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