What does drag mean?
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What does drag mean? - The Free Dictionary
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drag - The Free Dictionary
(He dragged the big suitcase behind him These worries were dragging at him)
(taxation is a drag on the economy too many laws are a drag on the use of new land)
(haul stones haul nets)
(peeling potatoes is a drag)
(They were swept up by the events don't drag me into this business)
(he went to the party dressed in drag the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag)
(he took a puff on his pipe he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly)
(But in so many other areas we still are dragging)
(the drag up the hill exhausted him)
(draw a deep breath draw on a cigarette)
(drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen)
(He dragged me away from the television set)
(The speech dragged on for two hours)
Other vocabulary
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