run ragged

[run ragged] {v. phr.}

To tire out; make nervous by too much worry or work.

* /Trying to keep up with too many clubs, sports, and activities in addition to his homework ran Tom ragged./

* /On a rainy day the children sometimes ran Mother ragged./

Compare: WEAR OUT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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