run (someone or something) to ground

To succeed in tracking down the location of someone or something after an extensive or exhaustive search. After nearly three months of searching, we finally ran the suspects to ground. The record is quite rare, but I managed to run a copy to ground at a flea market in Atlanta.

run someone to ground

BRITISH

If you run someone to ground, you find them after a long search. The thief was eventually run to ground in a garden shed. Compare with run someone to earth. Note: In hunting, this expression is used to refer to a fox being chased back to its hole.

run somebody/something to ˈearth/ˈground

(informal) find somebody/something after a long, difficult search: I spent years looking for the stolen picture but eventually ran it to ground in London. The escaped prisoner was run to ground within a couple of days.

This comes from hunting and means to chase an animal to its earth (= its home or hiding place).

See also: earth, ground, run, somebody, something

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释义	run (someone or something) to ground run (someone or something) to ground To succeed in tracking down the location of someone or something after an extensive or exhaustive search. After nearly three months of searching, we finally ran the suspects to ground. The record is quite rare, but I managed to run a copy to ground at a flea market in Atlanta. See also: ground, run Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. run someone to ground BRITISH If you run someone to ground, you find them after a long search. The thief was eventually run to ground in a garden shed. Compare with run someone to earth. Note: In hunting, this expression is used to refer to a fox being chased back to its hole. See also: ground, run, someone Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. run somebody/something to ˈearth/ˈground (informal) find somebody/something after a long, difficult search: I spent years looking for the stolen picture but eventually ran it to ground in London. The escaped prisoner was run to ground within a couple of days. This comes from hunting and means to chase an animal to its earth (= its home or hiding place). See also: earth, ground, run, somebody, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: run (someone or something) to earth run somebody/something to earth/ground run someone or something to earth run someone to earth run someone to ground run to earth search out search for search for (someone or something) on the track of (someone or something)
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