Drag Down (Verb)
Meaning
Exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The powerful magnets will drag down the ship's engines.
- The scientists carefully designed the equipment to drag down the heavy spacecraft to the ocean floor.
- Weighted bundles were released to drag down the parachute line for stable altitude testing.
- A massive anchor would drag down the diving submersible to the deep ocean depths.
- Crews had to carefully use lines to drag down the upended ships to begin salvage operations.