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Synonyms for drag out
drag out
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Princeton's WordNet
drag on, drag outverb
last unnecessarily long
drag, drag on, drag outverb
proceed for an extended period of time
"The speech dragged on for two hours"
Synonyms:
draw, tangle, haul, hale, get behind, drag on, drop back, embroil, dredge, scuff, drag in, sweep up, trail, puff, sweep, cart, drag, hang back, drop behind
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#510 | cart | |
#3242 | trail | |
#3350 | draw | |
#6613 | drag | |
#12312 | sweep | |
#13626 | hale | |
#14302 | haul | |
#18108 | puff | |
#36011 | dredge | |
#37220 | tangle | |
#62783 | scuff | |
#278396 | embroil |
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Rather than drag out this political charade into 2016 and selectively leak portions of a closed-door interview, the Committee should schedule the public hearing, make her records public and re-focus its efforts on the attacks in Benghazi.
We know exactly what the risks are - them using negotiations to drag out the length of time they have to continue their nuclear, chemical, biological weapons programs and ballistic missiles, there's not any starry-eyed feeling among the group doing this.
Why did my case with the Board for the Correction of Military Records take three years to decide when by law it is supposed to be decided in nine to 18 months? I had to write to the White House in 2018 and 2019 to get the Air Force to speed up the process, they were going to try to make my case drag out as long as possible. Also, they did not evaluate any of the evidence that I presented. My case involves constitutional law protections and the Air Force had [its personnel]making legal determinations.
There's no real point in them doing so, other than to continue to drag out this process and cause further delays, it is a time of nonsense.
New Jersey has become clear for a year, and New Jersey has become even more abundantly clear in the past few weeks that Iran is simply looking for any excuse to drag out talks while it continues to advance its dangerous nuclear program.
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