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dragged out

dragged out is the simple past and past participle of drag out.

Meaning of drag out

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To extend or lengthen excessively; to draw out.
    • I don't want to drag out this talk, so I'll stop now and answer any questions.
  2. (transitive) To haul or bring out forcefully or from an awkward location.
    • She dragged out her old Spanish textbooks in an attempt to prepare for her trip.

Questions about dragged out

What is dragged out the simple past and past participle of?
Dragged out is the simple past and past participle of drag out.

Words near dragged out in the dictionary

  1. dragged in
  2. dragged into
  3. dragged on
  4. dragged one's balls across
  5. dragged one's feet
  6. dragged out
  7. dragged the chain
  8. dragged through the garden
  9. dragged through the mud
  10. dragged up
  11. dragger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dragged out (page history and authors); drag out (page history and authors). 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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