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drag out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drag on, drag outverb

    last unnecessarily long

  2. drag, drag on, drag outverb

    proceed for an extended period of time

    "The speech dragged on for two hours"

Wiktionary

  1. drag outverb

    To extend or lengthen excessively.

  2. drag outverb

    To haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.

ChatGPT

  1. drag out

    To drag out generally means to extend or prolong something, often unnecessarily, or it could also refer to forcefully causing someone to leave or move from a particular place. The context typically determines the appropriate meaning.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of drag out in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of drag out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of drag out in a Sentence

  1. Kamala Harris:

    They're going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues that are impacting the American people. And I expect that they will engage in dirty tactics. And this is going to be a knockdown, drag-out. And we're ready.

  2. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott:

    This is not something that should drag out.

  3. John Bolton:

    We know exactly what the risks are - them using negotiations to drag out the length of time they have to continue their nuclear, chemical, biological weapons programs and ballistic missiles, there's not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this.

  4. Elijah Cummings:

    Rather than drag out this political charade into 2016 and selectively leak portions of a closed-door interview, the Committee should schedule the public hearing, make her records public and re-focus its efforts on the attacks in Benghazi.

  5. Jonathan Diaz:

    There's no real point in them doing so, other than to continue to drag out this process and cause further delays, it is a time of nonsense.


Translations for drag out

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  • vatvoa, venyttää, pitkittääFinnish
  • faire traîner, faire traîner en longueurFrench

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