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third-person singular simple present drags out, present participle dragging out, simple past and past participle dragged out
(transitive, intransitive) To extend or lengthen excessively. quotations examples
It upsets me that there is no regard that the children have taken another day off school and all they wanted was for it to be over. Conveniently for the defence, it’s dragging out and our nerves are getting frayed.
2013, Lisa Bonavita, Secrets Exposed: When Remaining Silent Is No Longer an Option, page 50
(transitive) To haul or bring out forcefully or from an awkward location. quotations examples
'I'm sure I should have never mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn't dragged it out of me.'
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 105