run someone/something to ground

Related to word: run

Idiom

Definition

  1. To find someone or something after a difficult search or investigation; to locate after overcoming challenges.

    從難尋獲

    • After months of tracking, the police finally ran the fugitive to ground in a remote cabin.

      經過數月的追蹤,警方終於在一間偏遠的小屋裡找到了逃犯。

    • The research team spent years before they were able to run the gene responsible for the disease to ground.

      研究團隊花了數年時間才終於找到了導致該疾病的基因。

    • The journalist, with relentless investigation, finally ran the truth behind the scandal to ground.

      這位記者通過不懈的調查,終於揭露了醜聞背後的真相。