(originally, US, idiomatic) 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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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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