drag out

Verb

Meaning

proceed for an extended period of time

last unnecessarily long

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

drag dragon increase continue prise spread draw expand extend delay spin pull stretch prolonged pad
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Antonyms

lop bellow quicken bobtail prune reduce
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Hypernyms

last proceed endure go

Examples

When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic. David Bowie

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions! Logan Pearsall Smith

The speech dragged on for two hours Source: Internet

Johnson makes this mayhem worse – instructing his negotiator for the EU, David Frost, chosen for rigid Brexitism, to drag out the process beyond the European parliament’s Sunday deadline. Source: Internet

At 66 years of age I simply cannot physically pack out or drag out a big game animal for any distance, and I certainly can’t afford to hire a horse packer to do it. Source: Internet

Every year I drag out this bit of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem …but every year it is true. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

drag one's heels drag oneself drag oneself along drag over drag over the coals drag parachute