beat something into somebody

Outside the sun beat new life into the cold ground.

"You can only take something and beat it into the ground so much."

I tried to beat some sense into her, but it never really worked.

And that's the thing I kind of try to beat into people on the radio show.

"Maybe I didn't beat enough sense into you last night."

Some people never learned until it was beaten into them or they were killed.

"They just the reminder of the day I got the sense beat into me and became my own man."

The five words beat into his head, and he couldn't get rid of them.

Bad Dog believes he has to beat some sense into his best friend.

No limit, but you can't beat a man into the ground.