drag out
verb
dragged out; dragging out; drags out
1
: to cause (something) to take more time than necessary
He dragged out the speech much too long.
2
: to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone) : to make (someone) tell one (something)
The teacher eventually dragged a confession out of one of the students.
Doctors sometimes have to drag information out of their patients.
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The movement of Pinnock and Cheek drags out Gillingham’s defensive shape.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Video footage of disabled military veterans—some in wheelchairs, others leaning on canes—being zip-tied and dragged out of the Capitol Rotunda for staging a peaceful, anti-war protest.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Blindfolded again with my bloody stockings, and with my wrists and ankles bound, I was dragged out and deposited in the trunk of a vehicle.
—Shelly Kittleson, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
And if that happens Achane and his camp will have lost their leverage, and Miami might drag out the extension talks, which would likely lead to Achane sitting out the offseason program, and possibly becoming a hold-in for training camp and the exhibition season.
—Omar Kelly
april 20, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Video footage of disabled military veterans—some in wheelchairs, others leaning on canes—being zip-tied and dragged out of the Capitol Rotunda for staging a peaceful, anti-war protest.
—John Whitehead, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
Blindfolded again with my bloody stockings, and with my wrists and ankles bound, I was dragged out and deposited in the trunk of a vehicle.
—Shelly Kittleson, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
And if that happens Achane and his camp will have lost their leverage, and Miami might drag out the extension talks, which would likely lead to Achane sitting out the offseason program, and possibly becoming a hold-in for training camp and the exhibition season.
—Omar Kelly
april 20, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Drag out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20out. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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