- drag (on someone)
- a drag (on someone)a burden (to someone). •
I wish you wouldn't be such a drag on your friends.
•I don't want to be a drag on the department.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
drag (on someone)
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drag someone over the coals — drag/haul (someone) over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. If I make a spelling mistake, I get hauled over the coals by my boss. They dragged her over the coals for being late with her assignment.… … New idioms dictionary
drag over the coals — drag/haul (someone) over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. If I make a spelling mistake, I get hauled over the coals by my boss. They dragged her over the coals for being late with her assignment.… … New idioms dictionary
drag — drag1 [ dræg ] verb ** ▸ 1 pull with difficulty ▸ 2 pull someone against will ▸ 3 make someone do something ▸ 4 touch ground ▸ 5 when time seems slow ▸ 6 in computing ▸ 7 search water with net ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to pull something or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drag — 1 verb dragged, dragging 1 PULL ALONG THE GROUND (T) to pull someone or something along the ground, often because they are too heavy to carry: drag sth away/along/through etc: Inge managed to drag the table into the kitchen. | Angry protesters… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
drag — I UK [dræɡ] / US verb Word forms drag : present tense I/you/we/they drag he/she/it drags present participle dragging past tense dragged past participle dragged ** 1) [transitive] to pull something or someone along with difficulty, for example… … English dictionary
drag down — verb exert a force with a heavy weight The snow bore down on the roof • Syn: ↑bear down, ↑bear down on, ↑press down on, ↑weigh down • Hypernyms: ↑press • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
drag someone's name through the mud — drag someone/someone’s/name through the mud phrase to say unpleasant things, or to tell unpleasant secrets, about someone in public Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: drag * * * drag someone s name through the mud … Useful english dictionary
Drag Me to Hell — Theatrical poster Directed by Sam Raimi Produced by Gr … Wikipedia
drag out of — To get (information, etc) from (someone) with difficulty, sometimes by force • • • Main Entry: ↑drag * * * ˌdrag ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drag out of he/she/it … Useful english dictionary
drag someone kicking and screaming — phrase to make someone do something that they do not want to do You’ll have to drag him kicking and screaming to the talks. Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do somethingsynonym Main entry: drag … Useful english dictionary
drag someone name through the mud — drag someone/someone’s/name through the mud phrase to say unpleasant things, or to tell unpleasant secrets, about someone in public Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: drag … Useful english dictionary
