into the ground

phrase

: beyond what is necessary or tolerable : to exhaustion

… labored an issue … into the ground …

—Newsweek

Examples of into the ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The geothermal brine is then cooled by rows of industrial fans that sit atop Fervo's power plant, before it's reinjected into the ground in a closed-loop system. — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Not only do the odors of both equine and human perspiration, body odor, and hormones linger in the air, but a horse’s hooves contain scent glands that stamp her scent into the ground. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Currently, these small and medium textile enterprises discharge untreated wastewater from fabric dyeing directly into the ground. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

The research found that there are more factors than mere evaporation that determine how fragments of asteroids and comets lose mass and speed passing through the atmosphere before slamming into the ground as meteorites. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for into the ground

• abound
• aground
• around
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground