Dragged Drag I Dræɡ Bed Extra Examples Verb

• the sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
• i dragged the chair over to the window.
• they dragged her from her bed.
• he quickly dragged a comb through his hair.

drag

Verb Forms

1. to pull somebody/something along with effort and difficulty
• The sack is too heavy to lift—you’ll have to drag it.
• I dragged the chair over to the window.
• They dragged her from her bed.
• He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.
• She managed to drag him clear of the wreckage.

Extra Examples

• Police dragged protesters away from the embassy entrance.
• Dogs drag the sledges for hundreds of miles across the snow.
2. to take hold of something and pull it
• Desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm.
3. to move yourself slowly and with effort
• I managed to drag myself out of bed.
• She always drags behind when we walk anywhere.

Extra Examples

• He dragged himself back home.
• She dragged herself up the stairs by the banister.
4. 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.
5. to pass very slowly
• SEE ALSO drag on
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/drag-on
• Time dragged terribly.
• The meeting really dragged.
6. to move, or make something move, partly touching the ground
• This dress is too long—it drags on the ground when I walk.
• He was dragging his coat in the mud.
7. to search the bottom of a river, lake, etc. with nets or hooks
• They dragged the canal for the murder weapon.
8. to move some text, an icon, etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse
• Click on the file and drag it across.
9. to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision
• RELATED NOUN foot-dragging
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/foot-dragging
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. to improve your situation yourself, without help from other people

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel, a grappling hook’.