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Meaning: (originallyUS,idiomatic)Toexhaust; todemandexcessiveeffortorworkfrom somebody.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:tireThey’ve beenrunninghimraggedtrying to keep up with the demand for new features.1950January, Stanley Pashko, “Scanning the Sports Scene”, in Irving Crump, editor,Boys’ Life: The Magazine for All Boys, volume XL, number 1, New York, N.Y.:Boy Scouts of America,→OCLC,page16, column 1:A little man by modern-day goon-basketball standards, the five-foot ten-inch speedster [Ralph Beard] handles bigger opponents byrunningthemragged.1992, Teresa Kao, “Nikki”, inThe Quality of the Light, West Linn, Or.: Gangor Press,→ISBN,page166:Rebeca is busy with the children, who are busy getting into mischief. The babyrunsherragged.2010, Kaiser Jamal, chapter 1, inA Haunting of Shadows,[Bloomington, Ind.]:Xlibris,→ISBN,page24:The choice of priorities he had chosen gave him the right to demand acceptance of his ways and ignore the needs of others. It gave him the power to insist on servitude and, without thought, dismiss Arnam's pride. It gave him the right to torment, the right torunhimraggedwhen he chose, [...]2012, Kathryn Meyer Griffith, chapter 17, inDinosaur Lake,[Scotts Valley, Calif.]:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,→ISBN; republished[Los Gatos, Calif.]:Smashwords Edition,2014,→ISBN,page346:He's letting me hire four new rangers. Isn't that great? The increase in tourists arerunningusragged.2018June 18,Phil McNulty, “Tunisia1 – 2England”, inBBC Sport[1], archived fromthe originalon21 April 2019:EnglandranTunisiaraggedin that spell but were punished for missing a host of chances whenFerjani Sassiequalised from the penalty spot against the run of play afterKyle Walkerwas penalised for an elbow onFakhreddine Ben Youssef.
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