Synonyms for drag on
drag on

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1. drag on, drag outverb

   last unnecessarily long

   Synonyms:
   drag, drag out

2. 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

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1. Vincent Reinhart:

   It is possible that Omicron disrupts supply chains even more and will be a drag on growth and investment.

2. Ryan Sweet:

   The widening in the goods deficit suggests that trade will be a drag on first-quarter GDP, this won’t be a big issue, as other parts of the economy are still doing well, such as business investment in equipment and consumer spending.

3. Kaoru Kato:

   We want to make a profit by the next financial year but it (losses) may drag on until FY2016.

4. Massimo Baggiani:

   Certainly there will be a decline in tourism and hospitality activity for a few days. But I don't expect this to drag on into Christmas.

5. Holger Schmieding:

   What we are seeing is the service sector holding up comfortably well while the industrial slump has got more room to run and even possibly deepen, this data is not going make recessionary concerns worse, but it also won't make them vanish anytime soon. We are still far away from any stabilization and it could possibly drag on till we see at least a partial trade deal between the U.S. and China.