drag on
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
drag on (third-person singular simple present drags on, present participle dragging on, simple past and past participle dragged on)
- (idiomatic) to last too long
- 1929 January 11, “SENATE WARS ON VAGUE TERMS OF ANTI-WAR PACT”, in Chicago Tribune:
- Debate on the Kellogg Mar renunciation treaty dragged on in the senate today with no immediate prospect of final action.
- 2004 December 25, Rebecca Cook, “In Washington state, the race for governor drags on – and on”, in Boston Globe[1]:
- In Washington state, the race for governor drags on – and on [title]
- 2006 July 28, A. O. Scott, “‘The Ant Bully,’ in Which the Bugs Sound Like Movie Stars”, in New York Times[2]:
- The villain is a grotesque exterminator voiced by Paul Giamatti, and the climactic battle against him, though it drags on a bit too long, does have its moments.
Translations
to last too long