run into the ground

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic,informal)Tomismanageto the point ofruin.Synonym:drive into the groundAlthough he has an MBA from Harvard, he stillranthe companyinto the ground.Even though that was a good joke, you really didrunitinto the ground.2023July 5, Siva Vaidhyanathan, “Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it’s on the verge of collapse”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:[…]one could assume that he has some master plan or that he’s making strategic decisions about the scope, scale, design and functionality of the service. He is not. He has not. He isrunningTwitterinto the groundlike Donald Trump ran the US government—fueled by fits of indignation and paranoia.; (transitive,idiomatic,informal)Towear out, especially throughexcessiveuse.I figure this car has a few more years left in it and I intend torunitinto the groundbefore purchasing another.2011January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, inBBC‎[2]:City sent on Adam Johnson for the ineffective Jo and the Englishman at least gave notice that he wanted to run at the Arsenal defence, but his team-mates had beenrun into the groundby then and no-one could get up in support of the winger.; (transitive,idiomatic,informal)Todiscussad nauseam.You’verunthe upcoming electioninto the groundand I simply won’t listen to another word about it.

Examples:

EN: The business has been run into the ground.
ES: La empresa ha quebrado.
EN: I said, "It's taking so long, you dozy turd, "it's taking so long because you have let the public transport service "of this country run into the ground.
ES: Y yo le dije, "estamos tardando mucho, estúpido de mierda estamos tardando mucho porque tú has hecho que el transporte público de este país esté por el suelo.
EN: Around here, everybody works till they're run into the ground.
ES: Aquí todo el mundo trabaja hasta que le llega su hora.
EN: Today is all about the fact that Chicago's been run into the ground by the bad guys.
ES: Hoy todo se trata de que Chicago se derrumba a causa de los chicos malos.
EN: Well, Heaven's been run into the ground by upstanding angels.
ES: Bueno, el Cielo ha sido derrumbado por ángeles respetables.
EN: I won't keep attendings away from their own services, and Schmitt won't be run into the ground.
ES: No mantendré a los asistentes alejados de sus propios servicios, y Schmitt no será derribado.
EN: I don't want Mom to see Surround run into the ground.
ES: Y, cuando mi mamá se levante, vea a Surround arriba, no en el piso.
EN: It's not run into the ground, babe.
ES: En el piso no, tampoco.
EN: It's your idea, you're (silly, run into the ground) concept.
HI: तुम तत्वमयि हो, तुम्हीं तत्वातीत)
EN: There's no room for it to get run into the ground.
HI: मैदान में झंडा लगने की कोई जगह नहीं।
EN: Ebay has just been run into the ground with management incompetence.
HI: सिसक रही है अभी ज़िम्दगी ढलानो पर.
EN: Worth the money Cause they can be run into the ground.
HI: तो यही धन आपको नीचे जमीन पर पछाड़ सकता है ।
EN: Horses at places like that are sometimes run into the ground.
HI: मिल जाती है राह में कभी ऐसी मंजिल भी,
EN: to get run into the ground."
HI: माटी में मिल जाना है"
EN: However, it became apparent that song were being run into the ground.
HI: यह तो साफ था कि सेट पर आवाजें गूंज रही है ।

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