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work into the ground

work into the ground verb: to exhaust through heavy labour.

Verb

work into the ground (third-person singular simple present works into the ground, present participle working into the ground, simple past and past participle worked into the ground)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To exhaust through heavy labour.

Forms of work into the ground

third-person singular presentworks into the ground
present participleworking into the ground
past participleworked into the ground
pastworked into the ground

Questions about work into the ground

What does work into the ground mean?
Work into the ground means to exhaust through heavy labour.
What part of speech is work into the ground?
Work into the ground is a verb.
What is the past tense of work into the ground?
The past tense of work into the ground is worked into the ground.

Words near work into the ground in the dictionary

  1. work husband
  2. work husbands
  3. work in
  4. work in process
  5. work in progress
  6. work into the ground
  7. work it
  8. work it out on the remix
  9. work life
  10. work like a dog
  11. work like a dream

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