drag on
To last too long.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The meeting started to drag on for hours.”
“I wanted to leave early, but the boring lecture continued to drag on until sunset.”
“The legal proceedings began to drag on indefinitely, exhausting the patience of everyone involved in the lengthy trial.”
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drag ass
To move slowly, or lag behind.
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drag one's balls across
To exert extreme, often aggressive, power or control over; dominate.
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drag one's feet
To procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.
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drag the chain
To fall behind relative to others.
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drag through the mud
To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
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look what the cat's dragged in
Used as an ironic acknowledgement of someone's arrival, either jocularly or to imply that they are unwelcome or disagreeable in some way.
Last updated August 10, 2026