Usually means: Chase until cornered or caught.
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  1. run to ground: Wiktionary
  2. run to ground: Dictionary.com
  3. run to ground: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. run to ground: Legal dictionary
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▸ verb:  (transitive) Synonym of run to earth

Similar:
run to the ground, drive into the ground, run into the ground, unground, earth, unearth, put in the ground, fall to the ground, fall, level to the ground, more...

Opposite:
lose track of, let go, give up, abandon

Types:
rabbit hole, wild goose chase, snipe hunt, red herring, more...

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Similar:
run to the ground, drive into the ground, run into the ground, unground, earth, unearth, put in the ground, fall to the ground, fall, level to the ground, more...

Opposite:
lose track of, let go, give up, abandon

Types:
rabbit hole, wild goose chase, snipe hunt, red herring, more...



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