drive (oneself) into the ground

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drive (oneself) into the ground

To work oneself to the point of illness or exhaustion. If you keep working 80-hour weeks, you'll drive yourself into the ground sooner than later.

drive/run/work yourself into the ˈground

work so hard that you become extremely tired: You need to be careful, or you’ll run yourself into the ground before long. ♢ With only two or three hours’ sleep a night, he was driving himself into the ground.

See also: drive, ground, run, work

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keep (someone or something) in sight
keep in sight
keep sight of
keep sight of (someone or something)
keep sight of somebody/something
wash (one's) hands of (someone or something)
wash hands of
wash your hands of
wash your hands of somebody/something
wash your hands of something/someone

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