run sb ragged
informalDefinition
› If you run someone ragged, you make them very tired, usually by giving them too much work or work that is too demanding: The kids have run me ragged this week - I'm glad they're going back to school tomorrow.Tired and making tired
(Definition of run sb ragged from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run round like a headless chicken idiom
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run sb close idiom
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run sb in phrasal verb
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run sb out of town (on a rail) idiom
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run sb out phrasal verb
- run sb ragged idiom
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (CRITICIZE)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (FIND)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (HIT)
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run sb/sth over phrasal verb
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run sb/sth through phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- at your worst idiom
- be all in idiom
- be dead on your feet idiom
- be fit/ready to drop idiom
- bleary adjective
- comatose adjective
- fatigued adjective
- finish sb off phrasal verb
- fit to drop idiom
- haggard adjective
- half dead adjective
- jet lag noun
- poop verb (TIRED)
- punch-drunk adjective (TIRED)
- shagged adjective
- shattered adjective (TIRED)
- sleepy adjective (PERSON)
- stonkered adjective
- stupefy verb (TIRE)
- whacked adjective
Topic:
Tired and making tired
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