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v.
be bossy towards

run (oneself or someone) ragged Idiom, Proverb

dragged through a...

(See look like he was dragged through a knothole)

look like he was dragged through a knothole

appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.

run ragged

be tired or exhausted She has been run ragged by her three children.

run you ragged

make you feel tired, wear you out Grade 8 students use up all your energy. They run you ragged.

dragged

highly intoxicated:"After 3 pitchers I was dragged"

ragged out

wearing your finest clothes

run sb ragged

Idiom(s): run sb ragged

Theme: CONTROL

to run someone hard and fast; to keep someone very busy. (Informal.)
• This busy season is running us all ragged at the store.
• What a busy day. I ran myself ragged.

look like sth the cat dragged in

Idiom(s): look like sth the cat dragged in

Theme: DISORDER

to look very shabby, worn, exhausted, or abused. (Informal. Sometimes with drug.)
• That new sofa of theirs looks like something the cat dragged in.
• Poor Dave looks like something the cat drug in. He must have been out late last night.

feel dragged out

Idiom(s): feel dragged out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

to feel exhausted. (Informal.)
• What a day! I really feel dragged out.
• If he runs too much, he ends up feeling dragged out.

Look what the cat dragged in

This idiom is used when someone arrives somewhere looking a mess or flustered and bothered.

run (oneself or someone) ragged

To bankrupt oneself or addition abroad through adamantine assignment or effort. I've been active myself ragged aggravating to apple-pie and adapt the abode afore your mom comes to visit. If you become Joe's claimed assistant, don't be afraid if he runs you ragged—he can be actual demanding.Learn more: ragged, run

run someone ragged

Fig. to accumulate addition or article actual busy. This active division is active us all ragged at the store. What a active day. I ran myself ragged.Learn more: ragged, run

run one ragged

Exhaust one, as in I've run myself ragged with this project. This argot alludes to alive so adamantine that one's actualization is bargain to rags. [c. 1920] Learn more: one, ragged, run

run addition ragged

If addition runs you ragged, they accomplish you do so abundant that you get acutely tired. Most canicule the kids — four beneath the age of six — run me ragged. Their defence was run ragged by the opposing team. Note: You can additionally say that you run yourself ragged, acceptation that you get actual annoyed by accomplishing abounding things. She runs herself ragged aggravating to get aggregate done.Learn more: ragged, run, someone

run addition ragged

bankrupt addition by authoritative them undertake a lot of concrete activity.Learn more: ragged, run, someone

ˌrun somebody ˈragged

(informal) accomplish somebody do a lot of assignment or accomplish a big accomplishment so that they become tired: You attending absolutely exhausted. Have the accouchement been active you ragged?Learn more: ragged, run, somebody

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More Idioms/Phrases

Long time no hear Look after number 1 Look after the pennies and the pounds will look af Look before you leap Look on the bright side Look what the cat dragged in Loose lips sink ships Lord love a duck Lord willing and the creek don't rise Lose the plot Lose your bottle Lose your lunch