drag out

drag out
drag on & drag out
to go on slowly for a very long time; to last a very long time. •

The lecture dragged on and on.

Why do these things have to drag on so?

How much longer do you think his speech will drag out?

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See: DRAG ON.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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