badger to death
badger (one) to death
To pester or nag one relentlessly. If you don't answer him, he'll just keep badgering you to death. I've been badgered to death by students all day—I need a break. Now, the kids will try to badger you to death any time you say no, but stand firm!
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badger someone or something to death
Fig. to bother and annoy someone or some group. If you don't tell him what he wants to know, he will badger you to death until he finds out.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
If it is unsuccessful, the baiters bludgeon the
badger to death with a spade.
He said: "Because they are such tough animals, they will use multiple dogs who will savage the
badger to death and that can take a long time.
THIS sickening picture shows two vicious thugs battering a terrified
badger to death by smashing its head with a spade.
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