Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive idiomatic English) To mismanage to the point of ruin. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To wear out, especially through excessive use.
Usage examples of "run into the ground".
There was never a group of cavalry Boman couldn't run into the ground.
Waiting for a crushed skull and nothing to show for it, the mission run into the ground because Steady.
There was never a group of cavalry Boman couldn't run into the ground—.
The messengers mount was lathered and clearly almost run into the ground.
The messenger's mount was lathered and clearly almost run into the ground.
The various milkmen, grocers and butchers of the two former housewives have been praised to the skies or run into the ground so many times that in our imaginations they've grown as old as Methuselah.
Every joke that can possibly be made has been run into the ground.