drag

drag1 [ dræg ] verb **

▸ 1 pull with difficulty

▸ 2 pull someone against will

▸ 3 make someone do something

▸ 4 touch ground

▸ 5 when time seems slow

▸ 6 in computing

▸ 7 search water with net

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) transitive to pull something or someone along with difficulty, for example because they are heavy:

drag something/someone down/along/through something: She dragged her suitcase to the car.

drag something/someone to/into/onto something: He jumped into the river and dragged her to safety.

a ) to pull part of your body along the ground because you are injured:

The bird walked slowly, dragging one wing along.

b ) to pull something somewhere strongly or quickly:

I scarcely had time to drag a comb through my hair.

2. ) transitive drag someone along/to/into something to pull someone strongly or violently when they do not want to go with you:

Xavier grabbed his arm and dragged him over to the window.

3. ) transitive drag someone out of/away from/off something to make someone leave or go to a place when they do not want to:

I'm sorry to call so early, I hope I didn't drag you out of bed.

You drag me away from my meeting just to tell me this!

drag yourself away/up/down etc.: If you can manage to drag yourself away from the TV you can help.

4. ) intransitive drag along/in/on if something drags on the ground, it touches the ground when someone or something is moving along, for example because it is too long or too heavy:

I heard a chain dragging along the ground.

5. ) intransitive if time drags, it seems to pass very slowly, usually because you are bored:

The first hour of the movie really dragged.

6. ) transitive COMPUTING to move something across a computer screen using the MOUSE:

Drag the file into a folder.

7. ) transitive to try to find something in an area of water by pulling a net along the bottom of it:

The police are dragging the river near where he was last seen.

drag your feet/heels

to do something very slowly because you do not really want to do it

drag someone/something into the 21st century/the modern world

to make a person or organization do things in a more modern way

drag someone kicking and screaming

to make someone do something that they do not want to do:

You'll have to drag him kicking and screaming to the talks.

drag someone/someone's name through the mud

to say unpleasant things or tell unpleasant secrets about someone in public

drag someone through the courts

to start a legal case against someone who does not want this to happen

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,drag `by phrasal verb intransitive

if time drags by, it seems to pass very slowly

,drag `down phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to cause someone's social position or standards of behavior to become worse, so other people lose respect for them:

If you're not careful he'll end up dragging you down with him.

Don't let yourself be dragged down to his level.

2. ) to make someone feel unhappy or less hopeful:

I don't mean to drag you down with all my problems.

,drag `in phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to start talking about something that is not connected with what you are discussing and that other people do not want to talk about:

He seemed determined to drag in irrelevant details about my personal life.

2. ) to make someone become involved in a situation when they do not want to:

I don't know anything about the project, so don't try and drag me in.

,drag `into phrasal verb transitive drag someone into something

1. ) to start talking about someone who is not connected with what you are discussing:

How dare you drag my mother into this.

2. ) to make someone become involved in a situation when they do not want to:

The U.S. was afraid of being dragged into the war.

,drag `on phrasal verb intransitive

to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary:

drag on for: Some cases drag on for years.

,drag `out phrasal verb transitive

to make something continue for longer than necessary:

They dragged the meeting out endlessly.

,drag `out of phrasal verb transitive

drag something out of someone to force or persuade someone to tell you something when they do not want to:

He only told me her name, and I had to drag that out of him.

,drag `up phrasal verb transitive

to start talking about something when it is not necessary, usually something unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people want to forget:

Must you drag up that old argument?

drag

drag 2 [ dræg ] noun *

▸ 1 something/someone boring/annoying

▸ 2 clothes of opposite sex

▸ 3 breathing in smoke

▸ 4 something that slows progress

▸ 5 force that slows

1. ) singular INFORMAL something or someone that is boring or causes small annoying problems:

Work is a real drag at the moment.

I'm sorry to be a drag, but could you check this again?

It's such a drag having to take the bus to school.

2. ) uncount women's clothes worn by a man or men's clothes worn by a woman, usually as part of an entertainment:

a drag artist/act/show

in drag: They went out in drag to raise money for charity.

3. ) count an act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette:

He took a quick drag on his cigarette then spoke.

4. ) singular something that makes something else develop or progress more slowly:

drag on: High interest rates are a drag on the housing market.

5. ) uncount the force that slows something down when it moves through air or liquid

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