drag into
phrasal verb
dragged into; dragging into; drags into
: to involve (a person, group, etc.) in (a difficult or complicated situation)
I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
We will not let the country be dragged into another war.
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At some point, the victim was dragged into his home, but police did not state how that took place or who may have taken him inside.
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Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Employees who feel dragged into irrelevant threads eventually stop opening them altogether.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
One of the women later told a Venezuelan journalist that she was dragged into an isolation cell known as el hueco, or the hole, as punishment for asking a guard not to throw away her food.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Blake Lively’s Lawyers Cast a Wide Net At the risk of getting dragged into court, Rambling has to ask — what’s up with Blake Lively these days?
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Employees who feel dragged into irrelevant threads eventually stop opening them altogether.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
One of the women later told a Venezuelan journalist that she was dragged into an isolation cell known as el hueco, or the hole, as punishment for asking a guard not to throw away her food.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Blake Lively’s Lawyers Cast a Wide Net At the risk of getting dragged into court, Rambling has to ask — what’s up with Blake Lively these days?
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Drag into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20into. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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