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runs someone off their feet

runs someone off their feet is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs someone off their feet

What is runs someone off their feet the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs someone off their feet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run someone off their feet.

Words near runs someone off their feet in the dictionary

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

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