3 English Phrasal Verbs With 'DRAG'

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3 phrasal verbs with 'DRAG'

Drag on

1. Be unnecessarily long
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The meeting DRAGGED ON for two and a half hours.

Drag out

1. Make something last longer than necessary
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: They DRAGGED OUT the training course for a whole day when we could have done it in an hour.

Drag out of

1. Force someone to confess or tell the truth
   (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
   
   » Example: The police DRAGGED a confession OUT OF him when they interrogated him.

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