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.

Unless she gets some help, she will probably run her business into the ground.

• someone's place in the sun
• someone's right-hand man
• someone's right-hand woman
• someone's stamping ground
• someone's stomping ground
• someone's time is up
• someone's word is law
• someone will be along
• someone will go a long way
• someone won't bite
• someone would not be caught dead
• something and a half
• something be damned
• something can't hold a candle to someone else
• something can't hold a candle to something else
• something comes into head
• something comes into your head
• something else
• something falls on deaf ears
• something from hell
• something goes for
• something goes for someone else
• something goes for something else
• something goes to show
• something goes to show you