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run somebody out — ˌrun sbˈout derived often passive (in ↑cricket) to make a player stop batting by hitting the ↑wicket with the ball before the player has completed his or her run Main entry: ↑runderived … Useful english dictionary
run somebody over — ˌrun sb/sthˈover derived (of a vehicle or its driver) to knock a person or an animal down and drive over their body or a part of it • Two children were run over and killed. Main entry: ↑runderived … Useful english dictionary
run somebody close — run sb/sth ˈclose idiom (BrE) to be nearly as good, fast, successful, etc. as sb/sth else • Germany ran Argentina very close in the final. Main entry: ↑closeidiom … Useful english dictionary
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 somebody ragged — ˌrun sb ˈragged f6 idiom (informal) to make sb do a lot of work or make a big effort so that they become tired • For 20 minutes the other team ran us ragged. Main entry: ↑raggedidiom … Useful english dictionary
run somebody through — ˌrun sbˈthrough derived (literary) to kill sb by sticking a knife, ↑sword, etc. through them Main entry: ↑runderived … Useful english dictionary
run somebody to earth — run sb/sth to ˈearth/ˈground idiom (BrE) to find sb/sth after looking hard for a long time Main entry: ↑earthidiom … Useful english dictionary
run somebody to ground — run sb/sth to ˈearth/ˈground idiom (BrE) to find sb/sth after looking hard for a long time Main entry: ↑earthidiom … Useful english dictionary
run somebody ragged — verb To exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody. Theyve been running him ragged trying to keep up with the demand for new features … Wiktionary
run somebody down — … Useful english dictionary
