drag (on something)

drag (on something)
*a drag (on something)
Sl. a puff or any kind of cigarette. (*Typically: have \drag (on something); take \drag (on something).) •

She had a drag on her cigarette and crushed it out on the sidewalk.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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