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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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The linen was boiled, scrubbed, rinsed and given a final soak in Robin Blue to drag out the last erg of whiteness before starching.
However, the real difficulties in finding and arresting fugitives should not be used to drag out the Tribunals' work for an indefinite period.
The uncertainty as to the meaning of these requirements gives substantial power to the patent holder, who can drag out the negotiating process.
The way I do deadstick landings is to put most of the drag out early and stay very tight to the field.
Rather than drag out a seductive melody until it eventually becomes tawdry, the longest song on Be With is a Lilliputian four minutes.
Mr Barroso, your political guidelines provide little illumination as to your plans and drag out much of the same rhetoric used five years ago.

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