run someone off their feet

verb

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

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Meanings

verbrun someone off their feet (third-person singular simple present runs someone off their feet, present participle running someone off their feet, simple past ran someone off their feet, past participle run someone off their feet)

present singular third person runs someone off their feet · participle present running someone off their feet · past ran someone off their feet

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

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run someone off their feet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20someone%20off%20their%20feet.

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