| 单词 | run into the ground |
| 释义 | run into the groundSEE SYNONYMS FOR run into the ground ON THESAURUS.COM Pursue a topic until it has been thoroughly discussed or exhausted, as in They've run the abortion issue into the ground. Ruin or destroy, as in During her brief time as chief executive Marjorie just about ran the company into the ground. Both usages allude to pushing something so far that it is, in effect, buried. [Early 1800s] Words nearby run into the groundrun in place, run interference, run in the blood, run into, run into a stone wall, run into the ground, run its course, Runjeet Singh, runless, runlet, run like clockwork The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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