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drags out

drags out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 drags out

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

Words near drags out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drags 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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