dragout (third-person singular simple presentdrags out,present participledragging out,simple past and past participledragged out)
- (ambitransitive) Toextend orlengthen excessively.
I don't want todrag out this talk, so I'll stop now and answer any questions.
2013, Lisa Bonavita,Secrets Exposed: When Remaining Silent Is No Longer an Option,→ISBN,page50:It upsets me that there is no regard that the children have taken another day off school and all they wanted was for it to be over. Conveniently for the defence, it’sdragging out and our nerves are getting frayed.
- (transitive) Tohaul orbring out forcefully or from an awkward location.
Shedragged out her old Spanish textbooks in an attempt to prepare for her trip.
1934,Agatha Christie, chapter 4, inMurder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published2017, page105:'I'm sure I should have never mentioned anything of the kind to three strange gentlemen if you hadn'tdragged itout of me.'
extend or lengthen excessively (transitive)
haul or bring out forcefully or from an awkward location
