run someone ragged

/R AH1 N S AH0 M W AH0 N R AE0 G AH0 D/
verb
  1. 1

    (originally United States) 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.”

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