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Meaning of run someone off their feet | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To cause someone to become very busy, especially to an exhausting degree; to make someone work very hard and very quickly.

idiomatic

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

run someone ragged run someone's file run something up the flagpole run the clock down run the gamut run the gantlope

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