Definitions for dragging
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1. dragging(adj)

   marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner

   "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"

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1. dragging(Noun)

   An instance of something being dragged.

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1. Dragging

   of Drag

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1. dragging

   An old word for dredging.

How to pronounce dragging?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say dragging in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dragging in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dragging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of dragging in a Sentence

1. Kyosuke Suzuki:

   The market had been a bit optimistic about an agreement so it was a bit of a surprise, but from the past experience during the euro zone debt crisis, the market is also accustomed to negotiations dragging on until the very last minute. So while the tail risk appears to be rising, there is no panic in the market.

2. Hoshyar Zebari:

   Prime Minister (Haider) al-Abadi kept dragging his heels. Every time we raised this issue with him, he said, 'Let’s wait until military operations are over', a whole city is being decimated. Look how much the government is contributing, as if they don’t care.

3. Sarah Binder:

   Trumps deep unpopularity limits lawmaking in another way, first, the Democratic base shows little interest in their representatives making deals with Trump that would give President Trump credit and enhance President Trump position for 2020. NAFTA 2.0 is a prime example. Really not clear whether Democrats will get the concessions their base groups demand or the extent to which the Speaker might be dragging her heels. Either way, that trade agreement is moving very slowly. And because the president is so unpopular nationally and with independents, theres limited pressure on Democrats to resolve problems.

4. Jerry Nadler:

   They're dragging their feet on a date.

5. Maurie Levine:

   It's the second court ruling saying we're entitled to this information - yet TDCJ keeps fighting tooth and nail, ... dragging out the appeals and refusing to comply while executions proceed in secret.

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