run to ground

run somebody to ground

(British & Australian)

to find someone after searching for a long time Chinese detectives ran him to ground in a Shanghai night club.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Silvius	-	Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Siri	SEE-ree (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
&Aelig;Lfsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
Sammie	['sæmiə]
Mihai	-	Romanian
Rozanne	ro-ZAN	English