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Definition of drag on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drag on

phrasal verb
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drag on
  1. (disapproving) to go on for too long
    • The dispute has dragged on for months.
    • Some legal disputes drag on endlessly.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDrag on is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • meeting
    • war
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See drag on in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Nearby words

halfway
adverb
 
 
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