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run someone ragged — informal phrase to make someone feel extremely tired by forcing them to do a lot of work Doctors and nurses were run ragged during the recent flu epidemic. Thesaurus: to make someone work hardsynonym to make someone tiredsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
run someone close — To be very near someone in standard or achievement • • • Main Entry: ↑close * * * run someone close british phrase to be nearly as good or successful as someone For skill on the ball, Michael Owen runs him close. Thesaurus: to do something well… … Useful english dictionary
run someone's life — run someone’s life informal phrase to keep telling someone what they should do in a way that is annoying Mum, will you stop trying to run my life! Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym Main entry: run … Useful english dictionary
run someone/thing to ground (or Brit. earth) Hunting — chase a quarry to its lair. ↘Brit. find someone or something after a long search. → run … English new terms dictionary
run someone off — run (someone) off to force someone to leave suddenly. Barlow wouldn t leave, so she ran him off by threatening to call the police. Dad tried to run off some people who were camping on our land, but they wouldn t leave … New idioms dictionary
run someone ragged — run (someone) ragged to make someone very tired, usually by making them work too hard. What with party preparations and having to look after the kids all this week, I ve been run ragged … New idioms dictionary
run someone to earth — run (someone) to earth British & Australian to find someone after searching for them. The film star was run to earth by reporters in an exclusive golf complex … New idioms dictionary
run someone off the road — phrase to drive in a way that forces someone else’s car to drive off the road Thesaurus: vehicle accidents and breakdownshyponym general and informal words for vehicleshyponym Main entry: run … Useful english dictionary
run someone out Cricket — dismiss a batsman by dislodging the bails with the ball while the batsman is still running. → run … English new terms dictionary
run someone to ground — run (someone) to ground British & Australian to find someone after searching for a long time. Chinese detectives ran him to ground in a Shanghai night club … New idioms dictionary
run someone ragged — ► run someone ragged exhaust someone. Main Entry: ↑ragged … English terms dictionary
