Verb
proceed for an extended period of time
last unnecessarily long
Source: WordNetWhen 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