Definition of run into the ground

run into the ground

verb

• to cause to fail.

  Last edited on Sep 14 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'ground':
boots on the ground	Definitions include: soldiers.
get off the ground	Definitions include: to succeed initially.
go to ground	Definitions include: to hide.
ground effects	Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground.
ground floor, the	Definitions include: the initial phase of an opportunity.
ground score	Definitions include: Desirable food item found abandoned on the ground.
keep an ear to the ground	Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors.
keep (one's) ear to the ground	Definitions include: to monitor new information or rumors.
know (one's) *ss from a hole in the ground	Definitions include: to be competent.
laugh at the ground	Definitions include: to vomit.
lose ground	Definitions include: to lose progress.
Other terms relating to 'into':
barge into	Definitions include: to enter suddenly and uninvitedly.
beat into a pulp	Definitions include: to physically beat someone causing extensive injury.
bump into	Definitions include: to see someone, in an unplanned way.
come into (one's) own	Definitions include: to reach a point in one's development where one's comfortable with one's self.
cut into	Definitions include: a phrase used to describe a person setting another person straight.
get into	Definitions include: to do.
get into (one's) pants	Definitions include: to have sex with someone.
get stuck into	Definitions include: to consume.
into	Definitions include: interested in.
jump into bed with	Definitions include: to work closely with someone.
lace into	Definitions include: to verbally attack.
lay into	Definitions include: to eat voraciously.
look like (one) bit into a sh*tburger	Definitions include: angry, looks bad, pissed, annoyed, unusual looking.
plugged into	Definitions include: connected to a social scene, source of knowledge, etc.
pour into	Definitions include: of a drunk person, to put.
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Other terms relating to 'run':
beer run	Definitions include: shoplifting beer by grab and run tactics.
crazier than a run-over dog	Definitions include: very crazy.
cut and run	Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away.
dry run	Definitions include: a practice attempt, without performing the actual action.
E and R	Definitions include: An acronym for eat and run.
eat and run	Definitions include: To eat a meal at a restaurant and leave without paying.
f*ck me running	Definitions include: To express extreme exasperation, shock, or dismay.
Give you a running fit	Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion.
hit a home run	Definitions include: see home run.
home run	Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse.
long run, the	Definitions include: the future.
run	Definitions include: to leave or go.
run a batch	Definitions include: male masturbation
run amuk	Definitions include: to operate in a way that is most displeasing to the reasonable person's point of view.
run around	Definitions include: to cheat on one's significant other.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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