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.
See also: ground, run

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CharlemagneSHAHR-lə-mayn (English)History
Tatianatah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), TAH-tee-ah-nah (Finnish), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English)Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Busch[buəʃ]
Rahat-Arabic
LyricLIR-ikEnglish (Modern)
Arend-Dutch, German