run to ground

run to ground (third-person singular simple present runs to ground, present participle running to ground, simple past ran to ground, past participle run to ground)

1. (transitive) Synonym of run to earth

• “run someone something to ground” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “run sb sth to ground”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “run somebody something to ground” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.