Use a heavy mallet to drive the stakes into the ground.
•Run this post into the ground and nail this sign to it.
2. Fig. to carry something too far. •It was a good joke at first, Tom, but you've run it into the ground.
•Just because everyone laughed once, you don't have to drive it into the ground.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run (something) into the ground — 1. to use something so much that it does not work any more. I gave that car to my son and he ran it into the ground. It was a funny joke the first time he told it, but he ran it into the ground. 2. to cause something to become less successful.… … New idioms dictionary
run something into the ground — If people run something into the ground, they treat or manage it so badly that they ruin it … The small dictionary of idiomes
run something 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 sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
run into the ground — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed. * /It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground./ 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. * /We lost the game today,… … Dictionary of American idioms
run into the ground — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed. * /It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground./ 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. * /We lost the game today,… … Dictionary of American idioms
run/work sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
run into the ground — British & Australian if something such as an activity or a plan runs into the ground, it fails. The talks ran into the ground because the ceasefire was broken … New idioms dictionary
run into the ground — use something more than is wanted or needed He ran his car into the ground before he had to buy another one … Idioms and examples
drive sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
work sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
