| 单词 | to run into the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run into the ground g. Originally U.S. to run into the ground: (a) to carry (a thing) to excess, to overdo; (b) to destroy or damage beyond repair by excessive use, to wear out; to exhaust or overcome through constant pressure, uncompromising or demanding treatment, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) > consume or destroy wastefully (time, money, etc.) to wear out1390 exhaust1541 horse-leech1679 to eat up1680 racket1753 to run into the ground1836 short1979 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) > carry too far overcarry1606 overdoa1640 to run into the ground1836 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] > in other ways ofliec1275 forseeka1400 overwatcha1529 haggle1648 wear1864 nag1870 fatigue1872 to run into the ground1955 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat shendc893 overwinOE overheaveOE mate?c1225 to say checkmatea1346 vanquishc1366 stightlea1375 outrayc1390 to put undera1393 forbeat1393 to shave (a person's) beardc1412 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 adawc1440 supprisec1440 to knock downc1450 to put to the worsta1475 waurc1475 convanquish1483 to put out1485 trima1529 convince1548 foil1548 whip1571 evict1596 superate1598 reduce1605 convict1607 defail1608 cast1610 banga1616 evince1620 worst1646 conquer1655 cuffa1657 trounce1657 to ride down1670 outdo1677 routa1704 lurcha1716 fling1790 bowl1793 lick1800 beat1801 mill1810 to row (someone) up Salt River1828 defeat1830 sack1830 skunk1832 whop1836 pip1838 throw1850 to clean out1858 take1864 wallop1865 to sock it to1877 whack1877 to clean up1888 to beat out1893 to see off1919 to lower the boom on1920 tonk1926 clobber1944 ace1950 to run into the ground1955 1836 W. T. Porter in Spirit of Times 9 July 162/1 It's no use to run the thing into the ground. 1839 Amer. Turf Reg. Aug. 426 Several friends of his ‘farther North’, have taken up the matter with zeal, and it would look like ‘running the thing into the ground’ to press the matter further. 1884 L. Gronlund Co-op. Commonw. iii. 74 After having run this Social ‘Order’ into the ground, it will be supplanted by a new principle. 1909 Amer. Blacksmith June 209/1 Running a shop without regard to running expenses will soon run a business into the ground. 1947 J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus viii. 135 Well, start feeling good, then, and don't run it into the ground. Nobody likes sick people very long. 1955 Times 3 Aug. 3/7 Close marking, hard tackling, and shrewd tactical kicking, until the opposition has been ‘run into the ground’. 2008 P. O'Shaughnessy Show no Fear xlvi. 299 He told me Richard was running the firm into the ground with his unsavory practices. < as lemmas |
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