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Drag in   /dræg ɪn/   Listen
Drag in

verb
1.
Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.  Synonyms: drag, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle.  "Don't drag me into this business"






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"Drag in" Quotes from Famous Books



... an orator," said Galt. "He doesn't use much clap-trap business either. I've never heard him drag in the Medes and Persians, and I could count his classical quotations on my fingers. Personally, I like Burr's way better—it's saner and it's sounder—but Webb knows how to talk, and he has a voice like a ...
— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow

... address it may be—this harmony of views can be used in the same manner. On the other hand, if you disagree with any of the speakers, the mere reference to it will excite a lively interest. If this difference is used, not as the basis of a serious argument, but only to drag in a story illustrating the disagreement, the story will nevertheless ...
— Toasts - and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say - the Right Thing in the Right Way • William Pittenger

... and that an uncertain and distant one, lay in the reinforcements, which the Regent was gathering with great difficulty.[873] Meanwhile, time seemed to drag in the besieged town. The warriors who defended it were brave, but they had come to the end of their resources and knew not what more to do. The citizens were good at keeping guard, but they would not face fire. They did not suspect the miserable ...
— The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) • Anatole France



Words linked to "Drag in" :   involve



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