drag on

See also: dragon, Dragon, and dragón

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

drag on (third-person singular simple present drags on, present participle dragging on, simple past and past participle dragged on)

1. (idiomatic) To last too long.
   • 1929 January 11, “SENATE WARS ON VAGUE TERMS OF ANTI-WAR PACT”, in Chicago Tribune:

     Debate on the Kellogg Mar renunciation treaty dragged on in the senate today with no immediate prospect of final action.

   • 2004 December 25, Rebecca Cook, “In Washington state, the race for governor drags on – and on”, in Boston Globe‎^[1]:

     In Washington state, the race for governor drags on – and on [title]

   • 2006 July 28, A. O. Scott, “‘The Ant Bully,’ in Which the Bugs Sound Like Movie Stars”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     The villain is a grotesque exterminator voiced by Paul Giamatti, and the climactic battle against him, though it drags on a bit too long, does have its moments.

   • 2024 August 7, Tony Streeter, “"It is hard not to be inspired" by Ukraine's 'Iron People'”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 25:

     He wants to offer a better experience of the railways, especially as women and children are increasingly making return visits to see the men of their families as the war drags on and their exile becomes semi-permanent.

Translations

to last too long

• French: traîner (fr)
• German: sich hinziehen
• Hungarian: elhúzódik (hu)
• Korean: 끌다 (ko) (kkeulda), 질질 끌다 (jiljil kkeulda)
• Russian: тяну́ться (ru) impf (tjanútʹsja)
• Ukrainian: тягти́ся impf (tjahtýsja), тягну́тися impf (tjahnútysja)

Anagrams

• Gradon, Gondar, gardon, Dagorn, Argnod, Dorgan, Gordan