drag out

drag out
Synonyms and related words:
adjourn, amble, arouse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, claudicate, continue, crawl, creep, dawdle, deduce, defer, delay, derive, dogtrot, drag, drag along, draw, draw forth, draw out, dwell on, educe, elicit, elongate, evoke, extend, fill out, get from, get out of, go dead slow, go slow, hang fire, hang up, hobble, hold off, hold over, hold up, idle, inch, inch along, induce, jog-trot, lay aside, lay by, lay over, laze, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, limp, linger on, mosey, never finish, obtain, pad, perorate, pigeonhole, poke, poke along, postpone, procrastinate, procure, produce, prolong, prolongate, prorogate, prorogue, protract, pull, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, rouse, run out, saunter, secure, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, shuffle along, sleep on, speak at length, spin out, stagger along, stand over, stave off, stay, stimulate, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, stroll, summon forth, summon up, suspend, table, take a recess, tauten, temporize, tense, tighten, toddle, toddle along, totter along, traipse, waddle, waive, walk, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, worm, worm along, worm out, worm out of

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • drag out of — To get (information, etc) from (someone) with difficulty, sometimes by force • • • Main Entry: ↑drag * * * ˌdrag ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drag out of he/she/it …   Useful english dictionary

  • drag out — See: DRAG ON …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • drag out — See: DRAG ON …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • drag-out — «DRAG OWT», noun. Informal. a dragging out; prolongation: »If the drag out of the recession continues (Christian Science Monitor) …   Useful english dictionary

  • drag out — drag on / drag out [v] extend time of action continue, draw out, endure, extend, go on slowly, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out; concept 239 Ant. complete …   New thesaurus

  • drag\ out — • drag on • drag out v 1. To pass very slowly. The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come. 2. To prolong; make longer. The meeting would have been over quickly if the members had not dragged out the argument about… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • drag out — index continue (prolong), prolong, protract (prolong) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • drag out — verb 1. last unnecessarily long (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑drag on • Hypernyms: ↑last, ↑endure • Verb Frames: Something s Something is ing PP …   Useful english dictionary

  • drag out of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms drag out of : present tense I/you/we/they drag out of he/she/it drags out of present participle dragging out of past tense dragged out of past participle dragged out of drag something out of someone to force… …   English dictionary

  • drag out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you drag something out, you make it last for longer than is necessary. [V P n (not pron)] ...a company that was willing and able to drag out the proceedings for years... [V n P] Let s get it over with as soon as possible,… …   English dictionary

  • drag out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms drag out : present tense I/you/we/they drag out he/she/it drags out present participle dragging out past tense dragged out past participle dragged out to make something continue for longer than necessary Let s …   English dictionary

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