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Run someone ragged
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody.
"They’ve been running him ragged trying to keep up with the demand for new features."
Synonyms
run someone off their feet
rack
rake someone over the coals
work over
rag on
scrag
run into the ground
run on
give someone grief
give someone the business
overrun
bullyrag
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