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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

How to use drag on in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Reitzes:

   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.

2. Massimo Baggiani:

   I don't think the Paris events will touch the market and the economy on the whole. There is no more a tendency to panic in the wake of such attacks, certainly there will be a decline in tourism and hospitality activity for a few days. But I don't expect this to drag on into Christmas.

3. Lael Brainard:

   The longer these drag on the more I worry that they really materially weigh on consumer confidence, business confidence, and then start to work their way through actual activity in the economy.

4. Millan Mulraine:

   Notwithstanding the improvement in the deficit, which signals a diminished drag on domestic GDP, the broad-based falloff in both exports and imports activity is a sobering sign of some weakening in domestic and global demand.

5. Vice President Joe Biden:

   I understand you're going to hear from a bunch of candidates tomorrow, ask them whether they think you're a drag on the community, whether you're an obstacle to overcome ... Make a judgment. Do they understand you? Do they get who you are? Do they get what this is about?

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