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running someone off their feet

running someone off their feet is the present participle and gerund of run someone off their feet.

Meaning of run someone off their feet

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone to become very busy, especially to an exhausting degree; to make someone work very hard and very quickly.

Questions about running someone off their feet

What is running someone off their feet the present participle and gerund of?
Running someone off their feet is the present participle and gerund of run someone off their feet.

Words near running someone off their feet in the dictionary

  1. running shed
  2. running sheds
  3. running shoe
  4. running shoes
  5. running short
  6. running someone off their feet
  7. running someone ragged
  8. running someone's file
  9. running something up the flagpole
  10. running sore
  11. running sores

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