run someone off their feet
To cause someone to become very busy, especially to an exhausting degree; to make someone work very hard and very quickly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The busy customers are running me off my feet today.”
“The restaurant was so crowded during the holiday that the manager ran the staff off their feet.”
“The relentless pace of the new project has run the entire design team off their feet for weeks on end.”
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as if someone owns the place
Alternative form of like someone owns the place.
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beat feet
To run.
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beat someone round the ears
To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
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bless someone with
To give or bestow, as a gift from God.
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break into a run
To start running.
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bring someone to their knees
To defeat and make submit to orders.
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call someone every name in the book
To call someone many abusive names.
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call someone everything but a child of God
To call someone many abusive names.
Last updated August 10, 2026