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ran someone ragged

ran someone ragged is the simple past of run someone ragged.

Meaning of run someone ragged

Verb

run someone ragged (third-person singular simple present runs someone ragged, present participle running someone ragged, simple past ran someone ragged, past participle run someone ragged)

  1. (idiomatic) To exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody.
    • They’ve been running him ragged trying to keep up with the demand for new features.

Questions about ran someone ragged

What is ran someone ragged the simple past of?
Ran someone ragged is the simple past of run someone ragged.

Words near ran someone ragged in the dictionary

  1. ran riot
  2. ran roughshod over
  3. ran scared
  4. ran short
  5. ran someone off their feet
  6. ran someone ragged
  7. ran someone's file
  8. ran something up the flagpole
  9. ran the clock down
  10. ran the gamut
  11. ran the gantlope

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