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  • 41drag — I UK [dræɡ] / US verb Word forms drag : present tense I/you/we/they drag he/she/it drags present participle dragging past tense dragged past participle dragged ** 1) [transitive] to pull something or someone along with difficulty, for example… …

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  • 42drag — I n. puff 1) to take a drag (on a cigarette) obstacle (colloq.) 2) a drag on (a drag on the economy) street (colloq.) 3) the main drag women s clothing worn by a male transvestite (slang) 4) in drag …

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  • 43drag — [[t]dræ̱g[/t]] ♦♦♦ drags, dragging, dragged 1) VERB If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty. [V n prep/adv] He got up and dragged his chair towards the table. 2) VERB If someone drags you somewhere, they pull… …

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  • 44drag — [c]/dræg / (say drag) verb (dragged, dragging) –verb (t) 1. to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail. 2. to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like. 3. Computers to move (text, a file, etc.) across a… …

  • 45drag on — verb 1. last unnecessarily long • Syn: ↑drag out • Hypernyms: ↑last, ↑endure • Verb Frames: Something s Something is ing PP 2. proc …

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  • 46drag something out — PROLONG, protract, draw out, spin out, string out, extend, lengthen, carry on, keep going, continue. → drag * * * extract information from someone against their will the truth was being dragged out of us * * * ˌdrag sthˈout derived to make sth… …

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  • 47drag — v. & n. v. (dragged, dragging) 1 tr. pull along with effort or difficulty. 2 a tr. allow (one s feet, tail, etc.) to trail along the ground. b intr. trail along the ground. c intr. (of time etc.) go or pass heavily or slowly or tediously. 3 a… …

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  • 48drag — {{11}}drag (n.) c.1300, dragnet, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Swed. dragg grapnel ) or from O.E. dræge dragnet, related to dragan to draw (see DRAG (Cf. drag) (v.)). Sense of annoying, boring person or thing is 1813, perhaps from the… …

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  • 49drag — Synonyms and related words: adduct, adduction, affinity, aggravation, allurement, amble, annoyance, arrest, artery, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, avenue, bad news, bag, bale, barge, be magnetic, be prolonged,… …

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  • 50drag — 1. verb 1) she dragged the chair backward Syn: haul, pull, tug, heave, lug, draw; trail, trawl, tow; informal yank 2) the day dragged Syn: become tedious, pass slowly, c …

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