drag out
phrasal 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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Poor, helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.
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Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.
—Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Making the scene even more a spectacle was the fact that Yam Yam was literally being manhandled and dragged out of the castle while doing so.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Homeowners had to move through a series of steps before any reconstruction work could start, and many of those steps dragged out for months.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
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Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed.
—Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Making the scene even more a spectacle was the fact that Yam Yam was literally being manhandled and dragged out of the castle while doing so.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
Homeowners had to move through a series of steps before any reconstruction work could start, and many of those steps dragged out for months.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Drag out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20out. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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