drag out

drag out
verb
1. last unnecessarily long (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑drag on
• 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 on
• Hypernyms: ↑proceed, ↑go
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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drag out
To prolong unnecessarily or tediously
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Main Entry: ↑drag

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ˌdrag ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drag out he/she/it drags out present participle dragging out past tense dragged out past participle dragged out] phrasal verb
to make something continue for longer than necessary

Let’s not drag this meeting out any more than we have already.

Thesaurus: to make something continue or last longersynonym
Main entry: drag

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drag out [phrasal verb]
1 drag out (something) or drag (something) out : to cause (something) to take more time than necessary

He dragged out the speech much too long.

Stop dragging the story out and get to the point.

2 drag (something) out of (someone) : to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone) : to make (someone) tell you (something)

The teacher eventually dragged a confession out of one of the students.

Doctors sometimes have to drag information out of their patients.

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Main Entry: ↑drag

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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