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What does drag out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word drag out? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To extend or lengthen excessively.
  2. To haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.
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Rather than drag out a seductive melody until it eventually becomes tawdry, the longest song on Be With is a Lilliputian four minutes.
The way I do deadstick landings is to put most of the drag out early and stay very tight to the field.
However, the real difficulties in finding and arresting fugitives should not be used to drag out the Tribunals' work for an indefinite period.
In a case of obstruction masquerading as incompetence, the government continues to drag out our court case on behalf of CSIS members.
It deliberately puts in a lot of fiddling little details that drag out the story.
The linen was boiled, scrubbed, rinsed and given a final soak in Robin Blue to drag out the last erg of whiteness before starching.

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