run someone off their feet in English

Forms: runs someone off their feet [present, singular, third-person], running someone off their feet [participle, present], ran someone off their feet [past], run someone off their feet [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> someone off their feet}} run someone off their feet (third-person singular simple present runs someone off their feet, present participle running someone off their feet, simple past ran someone off their feet, past participle run someone off their feet)

Inflected forms

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"run someone off their feet" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms