Last Updated:2025/12/08

(idiomatic) To cause someone to become very busy, especially to an exhausting degree; to make someone work very hard and very quickly.

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run someone off their feet

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run someone off their feet

Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
誰かを非常に忙しくさせ、疲れ果てるほどの多忙状態に追い込む(慣用表現)
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年末の繁忙期には、少人数のスタッフではすべてのお客さんに対応しようとして誰かをてんてこ舞いにさせ、へとへとにしてしまうことがある。

present singular third-person

participle present

past

participle past

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