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drag on

/ˌdɹæɡ‿ˈɒn/

drag on verb: to last too long.

Verb

drag on (third-person singular simple present drags on, present participle dragging on, simple past and past participle dragged on)

  1. (idiomatic) To last too long.
    • Debate on the Kellogg Mar renunciation treaty dragged on in the senate today with no immediate prospect of final action.1929 January 11, “SENATE WARS ON VAGUE TERMS OF ANTI-WAR PACT”, in Chicago Tribune
    • Don't let it get you down / When you think that / You can′t get around / Don't let the day drag on / You've got to move to / The happy sound1977, Brainstorm, “Wake Up and Be Somebody”, in Stormin'

drag on meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam

drag on in Hindi

to drag on, plod
सरकना saraknā

drag on in Bengali

অতিরিক্ত দীর্ঘস্থায়ী হওয়া

drag on in Malayalam

go on, persist, continue
ഇഴഞ്ഞുനീങ്ങിപ്പോകുക, ഒരേനിലയിൽ നിൽക്കുക, അനിശ്ചിതമായി തുടരുക, തുടർന്നുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുക, വലിഞ്ഞിഴയുക, നീളുക

Forms of drag on

third-person singular presentdrags on
present participledragging on
past participledragged on
pastdragged on

Questions about drag on

What does drag on mean?
Drag on means to last too long.
What is drag on in Hindi?
Drag on in Hindi is सरकना (saraknā). See Drag on meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is drag on?
Drag on is a verb.
How do you pronounce drag on?
Drag on is pronounced /ˌdɹæɡ‿ˈɒn/.
What is the past tense of drag on?
The past tense of drag on is dragged on.

Words near drag on in the dictionary

  1. drag in
  2. drag into
  3. drag king
  4. drag kings
  5. drag mother
  6. drag on
  7. drag one's balls across
  8. drag one's feet
  9. drag one's heels
  10. drag out
  11. drag parachute

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: drag on (page history and authors); सरकना (Hindi) (page history and authors); drag on (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); drag on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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