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run ragged in American English US to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment See full dictionary entry for ragged Examples of 'run ragged' in a sentencerun ragged Fielders were run ragged, balls superbly manoeuvred between them.He was run ragged then sent packing after two caps.He's had a stressful summer, he's been very busy, run ragged.His joyous skip through the tattered remnants of a defence run ragged brought his scarcely-believable fifth try two minutes from the end.Those first few years when you're sleep-deprived or run ragged, there isn't much timefor the 'self'.Despite being run ragged at the back, however, the home side stuck to their plan, hitting back on the counterattack and earning a corner.He concedes that he has been run ragged for much of his time in the job so far. |