drag something away

drag something away
drag something away (from something) & drag something away
to push or pull something away from something or some place. •

He dragged the sofa away from the wall so he could clean behind it.

He had to drag away the sofa in order to plug in the lamp.

We worked together to drag it away.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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