- run/work sth into the ground
- drive/run/work sth into the ground► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »
They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it.
Main Entry: ↑ground
Financial and business terms. 2012.
run/work sth into the ground
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drive/run/work sth into the ground — ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
work sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
run sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
drive sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
run somebody into the ground — run sb/sth into the ˈground idiom to use sth so much that it is broken; to make sb work so hard that they are no longer able to work Main entry: ↑groundidiom … Useful english dictionary
run something into the ground — run sb/sth into the ˈground idiom to use sth so much that it is broken; to make sb work so hard that they are no longer able to work Main entry: ↑groundidiom … Useful english dictionary
ground — ▪ I. ground ground 1 [graʊnd] noun [countable usually plural] 1. a reason, often a legal or official one, for doing or believing something: ground for • There are grounds for optimism that the slump in the housing market may end. • Are there… … Financial and business terms
run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ground — ground1 W1S1 [graund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(earth)¦ 2¦(area of land)¦ 3¦(reason)¦ 4¦(subject)¦ 5¦(opinion)¦ 6¦(sport)¦ 7 hold/stand your ground 8 get off the ground 9 gain ground 10 lose ground … Dictionary of contemporary English
run — run1 W1S1 [rʌn] v past tense ran [ræn] past participle run present participle running ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move quickly using your legs)¦ 2¦(race)¦ 3¦(organize/be in charge of )¦ 4¦(do something/go somewhere quickly)¦ 5¦(buses/trains etc)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
