Synonyms for drag on
drag on

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1. drag on, drag outverb

   last unnecessarily long

   Synonyms:
   drag, drag out

2. drag, drag on, drag outverb

   proceed for an extended period of time

   "The speech dragged on for two hours"

   Synonyms:
   draw, tangle, haul, hale, get behind, drop back, drag out, embroil, dredge, scuff, drag in, sweep up, trail, puff, sweep, cart, drag, hang back, drop behind

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1. Algenon Marbley:

   None of us wants this matter to drag on interminably.

2. Brother Colm O'Connell:

   If Kenya wants to really move into the Olympics with a clear conscience and with global credibility, then ... better testing and monitoring of our athletes has to be put in place immediately, if this scenario is going to drag on until Rio, then of course (a cloud) is going to hang over Rio as well.

3. Benjamin Reitzes:

   After ramping up in late summer, Canadian homebuilding activity took a bit of a breather in October, while the pullback in starts suggests that housing might be a bit of drag on GDP growth in Q4, the decline was welcome as it will ease concerns about overbuilding ignited by the big prints in August and September.

4. Dan Hays:

   Indeed, we could well see the proceedings drag on into early 2017 before coming to a final conclusion, now it's up to the wireless industry to demonstrate the demand is there for low-band TV spectrum.

5. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry:

   If you say that we should not educate children who come into our state for no other reason than that they've been brought their through no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart, we need to be educating these children because they will become a drag on our society...Texas voted on it. And I still support it today.