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Rack and ruin

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destruction; utter ruin.

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Why should you --even if you do for a few years you'll have to leave it sometime, and there's nothing that goes to rack and ruin as quickly as a farm--even one like this.
Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context
And if such a tribe come here the place will go to rack and ruin in no time--an old place goes down so quickly if it is not carefully attended to.
Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
He is to see that she does not slip away fired by a conviction, which suddenly overrides her pages, that the kitchen is going to rack and ruin for want of her, and she is to recall him to himself should he put his foot in the fire and keep it there, forgetful of all save his hero's eloquence.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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