drag
verb /dræɡ/
/dræɡ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they drag | /dræɡ/ /dræɡ/ |
| he / she / it drags | /dræɡz/ /dræɡz/ |
| past simple dragged | /dræɡd/ /dræɡd/ |
| past participle dragged | /dræɡd/ /dræɡd/ |
| -ing form dragging | /ˈdræɡɪŋ/ /ˈdræɡɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to pull somebody/something along with effort and difficulty
- drag somebody/something The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
- drag somebody/something + adv./prep. I dragged the chair over to the window.
- They dragged her from her bed.
- He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.
- drag somebody/something + adj. She managed to drag him clear of the wreckage.
Synonyms pullpull- drag
- draw
- haul
- tow
- tug
- pull to hold something and move it in a particular direction; to hold or be attached to a vehicle and move it along behind you:
- Pull the chair nearer the table.
- They use oxen to pull their carts.
- drag to pull somebody/something in a particular direction or behind you, usually along the ground, and especially with effort:
- The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
- draw (formal) to move somebody/something by pulling them/it gently; to pull a vehicle such as a carriage:
- I drew my chair closer to the fire.
- a horse-drawn carriage
- haul to pull somebody/something to a particular place with a lot of effort:
- Fishermen were hauling in their nets.
- tow to pull a car, boat or light plane behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain:
- Our car was towed away by the police.
- tug to pull somebody/something hard in a particular direction:
- She tried to escape but he tugged her back.
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow/tug somebody/something along/down/towards something
- to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow somebody/something behind you
- to pull/drag/draw/haul a cart/sledge
- to pull/draw a coach/carriage
- to pull/haul/tow a truck
- horses pull/draw/haul something
- dogs pull/drag/haul something
Extra Examples- Police dragged protesters away from the embassy entrance.
- Dogs drag the sledges for hundreds of miles across the snow.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to take hold of something and pull it
- Desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm.
- [transitive, intransitive] to move yourself slowly and with effort
- drag yourself + adv./prep. I managed to drag myself out of bed.
- + adv./prep. She always drags behind when we walk anywhere.
Extra Examples- He dragged himself back home.
- She dragged herself up the stairs by the banister.
- [transitive] drag somebody/yourself + adv./prep. to persuade somebody to come or go somewhere they do not really want to come or go to
- I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat.
- The party was so good I couldn't drag myself away.
- He came in, dragging his three children behind him.
Extra Examples- My parents used to drag me to piano lessons when I was a kid.
- It's time you dragged yourself away from that computer!
- I know you like hanging out in the mall, but I don't know why you have to drag me with you.
- She dragged her eyes away from his.
- [intransitive] (of time or an event) to pass very slowly
- Time dragged terribly.
- The meeting really dragged.
- [intransitive, transitive] to move, or make something move, partly touching the ground
- This dress is too long—it drags on the ground when I walk.
- drag something He was dragging his coat in the mud.
- [transitive] drag something (for somebody/something) to search the bottom of a river, lake, etc. with nets or hooks
- They dragged the canal for the murder weapon.
- [transitive] drag something + adv./prep. to move some text, an icon, etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse
- Click on the file and drag it across.
WordfinderTopics Computersc2- command
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel, a grappling hook’.
Idioms
drag your feet/heels
- to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision related noun foot-draggingTopics Preferences and decisionsc2
drag somebody through the 'mud/'dirt | drag somebody's name through the 'mud/'dirt
- (informal) to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair
- The paper has dragged his name through the mud.
- They feel their agency has been dragged through the mud by the press.
- Football's good name is being dragged through the dirt.
(drag somebody) kicking and screaming
- (informal) if you drag somebody kicking and screaming to do something, they only do it with great protests because they don't really want to do it at all
- The president had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the signing ceremony.
pull/drag yourself up by your (own) bootstraps
- (informal) to improve your situation yourself, without help from other people