drag on

drag on
verb
1. last unnecessarily long
• Syn: ↑drag out
• Hypernyms: ↑last, ↑endure
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

2. proceed for an extended period of time
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The speech dragged on for two hours

• Syn: ↑drag, ↑drag out
• Hypernyms: ↑proceed, ↑go
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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PERSIST, continue, go on, carry on, extend, run on, be protracted, endure, prevail.
→ drag

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drag on
To continue slowly and tediously
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Main Entry: ↑drag

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ˌdrag ˈon [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drag on he/she/it drags on present participle dragging on past tense dragged on past participle dragged on] phrasal verb
to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary
drag on for:

Some cases drag on for years.

Thesaurus: to continue for a long timesynonym
Main entry: drag

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drag on [phrasal verb]
disapproving : to go on for a long time : to progress slowly

The meeting dragged on until almost midnight.

The lawsuit dragged on for years.

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Main Entry: ↑drag

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ˌdrag ˈon derived
(disapproving) to go on for too long

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The dispute has dragged on for months.

Main entry: ↑dragderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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