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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The officer then strikes McNeil in the face before he is dragged out of the car and taken into custody.
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Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said in a Monday statement that Warner was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limón province before being dragged out deeper by a current.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Unable to stop the march toward passage of the 940-page bill, the Democrats as the minority party in Congress is using the tools at its disposal to delay and drag out the process.
—Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has threatened to drag out proceedings by having the entire bill, which runs more than 1,000 pages, be read aloud on the floor by the Senate clerk.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 28 June 2025
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Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said in a Monday statement that Warner was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limón province before being dragged out deeper by a current.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 22 July 2025
Unable to stop the march toward passage of the 940-page bill, the Democrats as the minority party in Congress is using the tools at its disposal to delay and drag out the process.
—Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has threatened to drag out proceedings by having the entire bill, which runs more than 1,000 pages, be read aloud on the floor by the Senate clerk.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 28 June 2025
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“Drag out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20out. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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