Usually means: Prolonging something longer than necessary.
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  13. drag on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Drag-on, drag on: Legal dictionary

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  1. Drag-on, drag on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drag on)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To last too long.

Similar:
drag out, drag, drawl, linger out, spin out, drag the chain, drag one's feet, hang heavy, rumble on, spin, more...

Opposite:
accelerate, speed up, hasten, quicken

Types:
retarding, slowing, hampering, hindering, impeding, more...

Adjectives:
dree, hung up, lean, stay, upstanding, tarry, relent, stay at home, go, weather, stout



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Similar:
drag out, drag, drawl, linger out, spin out, drag the chain, drag one's feet, hang heavy, rumble on, spin, more...

Opposite:
accelerate, speed up, hasten, quicken

Types:
retarding, slowing, hampering, hindering, impeding, more...

Adjectives:
dree, hung up, lean, stay, upstanding, tarry, relent, stay at home, go, weather, stout



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