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Synonyms for drag on
drag on
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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, drop back, drag out, 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 |
How to use drag on in a sentence?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:
The war should not drag on. To break the advantage of Russian artillery, we need a lot more of these modern systems, modern artillery.
The survey is indicating the weakest manufacturing growth for almost two years, meaning the sector will have acted as a drag on the economy in the third quarter.
I think the ‘ who’s paying ’ question will drag on for many years. That might be through court cases and tribunals. But I do n’t see how it will be resolved.
Notwithstanding the improvement in the deficit, which signals a diminished drag on domestic GDP, the broad-based falloff in both exports and imports activity is a sobering sign of some weakening in domestic and global demand.
We're waiting for a U.S.-Russian accord to solve the (key) issue once and for all. Until they resolve it this process will drag on.
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- elhúzódikHungarian
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