drag (out)

verb

Definition of drag (out)next
as in to lengthen
to make longer pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drag (out)
  1. lengthen
  2. increase
  3. extend
  4. stretch
  5. draw out
  6. prolong
Verb
  • The speaker election is often a formality, with one simple round of voting, but in 2023, a pair of prolonged elections, in January and October, lengthened the usually quick process.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Brunson and Towns are confounding opposing defenses in two-man action, and this starting lineup can comfortably go five out to lengthen and distort the floor.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of lengthen
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  • Share [Findings] The presence of a professional sports team increases a city’s seasonal flu deaths.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • A couple of trees had been cut down recently, either to increase the visibility of the stones, or to improve security.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of increase
Verb
  • This school year, the CIF Southern Section extended competitive equity beyond football and basketball to playoffs in all sports.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Trump had called for the federal debt ceiling to be removed or extended to 2029, neither of which featured in Friday's legislation.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of extend
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  • In 2017, fragments of wine jars discovered South of Tbilisi confirmed what Georgians had always known: that their relationship with the elixir has stretched back at least 8,000 years.
    Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Its mesh upper and elastic laces stretch to accommodate swelling throughout the day, while its forefoot gives your toes room to spread.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of stretch
Verb
  • After drawing out two Derby players, Kenzo Goudmijn and Corey Blackett-Taylor, the U.S. international offloaded the ball to Ampadu 10 yards behind him.
    Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Balance participation and draw out every valuable opinion with strategic facilitation.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of draw out
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  • The actors, who met while making the 2005 action film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, were eventually declared legally single by a judge in 2019 as the divorce and custody battle prolonged.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The country’s new leaders must recognize that a failure to meet the international community’s expectations of political reform and transparency risks prolonging the country’s exclusion, deepening its instability, and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.
    Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of prolong
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“Drag (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drag%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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