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  • Definition
    • drag :pull, as against a resistance
      • He dragged the big suitcase behind him|These worries were dragging at him

    • drag :something that slows or delays progress
      • taxation is a drag on the economy|too many laws are a drag on the use of new land

    • drag :draw slowly or heavily
      • haul stones|haul nets

    • drag :something tedious and boring
      • peeling potatoes is a drag

    • drag :force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
      • They were swept up by the events|don't drag me into this business

    • drag :clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
      • he went to the party dressed in drag|the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag

    • drag :a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
      • he took a puff on his pipe|he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly

    • drag :to lag or linger behind
      • But in so many other areas we still are dragging

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