drag on
drag on · drags on · dragged on · dragging on
тягнутися, тягтися
тянуться
sich hinziehen
To last too longTo last too long.
/ˌdɹæɡ‿ˈɒn/
» Some days seem to just drag on and last forever.
Manche Tage scheinen sich ewig hinzuziehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(idiomatic)To last too long.
sich hinziehen
тяну́тьсяtjanútʹsja
тягти́сяtjahtýsja, тягну́тисяtjahnútysja
last unnecessarily long
Examples
30 sentencesSome days seem to just drag on and last forever.
deManche Tage scheinen sich ewig hinzuziehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The meeting dragged on.
ruВстреча затянулась. — wir2ozz
Police noticed drag marks on the floor.
Some days seem to drag on for ever.
deManche Tage scheinen sich ewig hinzuziehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
His stories tend to drag on, don't they?
Translations
4 languagesУкраїнська
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Forms
drags on, dragging on, dragged on, dragged on| Base form | drag on · to drag on |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | drags on |
| Present participle | dragging on |
| Past simple | dragged on |
| Past participle | dragged on |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- drag outтягнути, тягатиTo extend or lengthen excessively; to draw out.
- drag onтягнутися, тягтисяTo last too long.
- drag inтягнути, тягатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, in.
- drag upTo remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
- drag downTo cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.
- drag intoTo involve a reluctant person with a difficult or dangerous situation.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb