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drags down

drags down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drag down.

Meaning of drag down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.
    • I feel bad for him, but at the same time I cannot let him drag me down into his depths of negativity.2008, Shane Sartor, Spiritual Profits 2nd Edition
  2. (transitive) To earn, as in wages from a job.
    • You're dragging down 50k these days, right?
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, down.

Questions about drags down

What is drags down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drags down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drag down.

Words near drags down in the dictionary

  1. dragrope
  2. dragropes
  3. drags
  4. drags and drops
  5. drags ass
  6. drags down
  7. drags in
  8. drags into
  9. drags on
  10. drags one's balls across
  11. drags one's feet

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