| 词组 | run someone to earth |
| 释义 | Idiom run someone to earthrun (someone) to earth British & Australian to find someone after searching for them.The film star was run to earth by reporters in an exclusive golf complex. run (someone or something) to earthTo 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 earth. The record is quite rare, but I managed to run a copy to earth at a flea market in Atlanta. run someone to earthBRITISHIf you run someone to earth, you find them after a long search. Last month, he was run to earth by Greenpeace at his home in Bridgehampton. Compare with run someone to ground. Note: A fox's hole is called an earth. In hunting, this expression is used to refer to a fox being chased back to its earth. |
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