Drag Out (Verb)
Meaning 1
Proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The lawyer's arguments dragged out the trial for months, testing the patience of everyone involved.
- The lengthy explanation dragged out the meeting, and they didn't finalize any decisions till the end.
- Her inability to make a decision dragged out the negotiation for weeks, causing tension between the parties.
- The bad weather dragged out the construction project, pushing back the completion date by several months.
- The complexity of the math problem dragged out the solution, requiring several break-throughs before it was finally solved.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Last unnecessarily long.
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The trial did drag out for several years, frustrating the families of the victims.
- She tried to summarize the main point but he kept talking and managed to drag out the presentation unnecessarily.
- His long speeches always seemed to drag out the meeting by at least an hour.
- These delays will only drag out the construction project for another six months.
- After losing interest in the movie, I drifted off to sleep, unable to stay awake to see how it managed to drag out another hour.