He wouldn't come on his own, so I dragged him up.
•You will have to drag him up. He is too tired to walk by himself.
•The reporter dragged up a homeless man to interview.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 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
drag someone through the courts — phrase to start a legal case against someone who does not want this to happen Thesaurus: appearing in courthyponym Main entry: drag … Useful english dictionary
drag someone's name through the mire — drag someone’s name through the mire phrase to say or write things that will harm someone’s reputation Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: mire … Useful english dictionary
drag someone into the 21st century — drag someone/something/into the 21st century/the modern world/ phrase to make a person or organization do things in a more modern way Thesaurus: to make something more modern or fashionablesynonym … Useful english dictionary
drag someone into the modern world — drag someone/something/into the 21st century/the modern world/ phrase to make a person or organization do things in a more modern way Thesaurus: to make something more modern or fashionablesynonym … Useful english dictionary
drag someone's name through the mire — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes … New idioms dictionary
drag someone's name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes … New idioms dictionary
drag someone up — Brit. dated bring up a child badly. → drag … English new terms dictionary
drag someone out of a rut — [drag/get/lift etc.] (someone/something) out of a/(their) rut to help someone or something to change their situation and to make progress. The president has to get his election campaign out of a rut … New idioms dictionary
