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Definition of Drag on
1. Verb. Last unnecessarily long.
2. Verb. Proceed for an extended period of time. "The speech dragged on for two hours"
Definition of Drag on
1. Verb. (idiomatic) to last too long ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drag On
Literary usage of Drag on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In connection with these tunnels there are specially constructed balances to
measure the left and drag on wing surface», the resistances of parts and the ..."
2. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"And to pay that small sum this poor man was compelled to hold schools for many
days, and, by selling his books in the precincts, to drag on a half-starved ..."
3. A Fight for the City by Alfred Hodder (1903)
"II THE drag on THE TICKET FEW even of the experts in the management of primaries
and in the delivery of votes at the polls estimated rightly the moral ..."
4. Egypt in Transition by Sidney Low (1914)
"CHAPTER XXVII THE drag on THE WHEEL THE regeneration of Egypt is still hampered
by the fetters clamped upon the country in the past. ..."
5. Report on the Manuscripts of F. W. Leyborne-Popham, Esq., of Littlecote, Co by Francis William Leyborne-Popham, Edward Popham, William Clarke, George Clarke, John Collins (1899)
"We made the boatmen drag on their boat as fast as they could, and remained where
we were rill they came to the place where the stream divided, ..."
6. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... on " St. George without the drag-on "— The Archdeacon's own account of his
conversion to Ritualism—The Vicar of East Brent and the school inspector— The ..."
7. The South Mobilizing for Social Service: Addresses Delivered at the Southern by James Edward McCulloch (1913)
"... THE drag on MODERN CIVILIZATION REV. HENRY STILES BRADLEY, DD, WORCESTER, MASS.
... drag on ..."
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