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drag verb (dragged, dragging) 1 to pull someone or something roughly or violently; to pull them or it along slowly and with force. 2 tr & intr to move or make something move along scraping the ground. 3 colloq (usually drag someone away) to force or persuade them to come away. 4 to search (eg a lake) with a hook or dragnet. noun 1 an act of dragging; a dragging effect. 2 a person or thing that makes progress slow. 3 colloq a draw on a cigarette. 4 colloq a dull or tedious person or thing. 5 colloq women's clothes worn by a man. 6 the resistance to motion that is encountered by an object travelling through a fluid, either in the form of a liquid or gas. drag one's feet or heels colloq to delay; to be deliberately slow to take action.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon dragan.
drag by said especially of time: to pass slowly. drag on colloq to proceed or continue slowly and tediously. drag something out colloq to make it last as long as possible. drag something up colloq to mention an unpleasant subject long forgotten or not usually introduced. |
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