drag down

phrasal verb

dragged down; dragging down; drags down

1

: to force (someone) into a bad situation or condition

We cannot let our enemies drag us down to their level.

2

: to make (someone) unhappy

You can't let her bad moods drag you down.

3

: to make (something) lower in amount or quality

High energy costs are dragging down profits.

Examples of drag down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Without scalable solutions, that burden will only grow, dragging down communities, budgets, and ecosystems alike. —MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025

While railroad, energy, manufacturing, service and retailing all reported higher profits from a year ago, a drop in insurance underwriting dragged down overall results. —Yun Li, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025

The last time the worldwide economy hit a slow patch – and dragged down P&G results with it – was in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. —Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 31 July 2025

According to the league’s bean counters, the experiments during Cactus/Grapefruit League play did not drag down baseball’s now-zippy pace of play, adding just 13.8 seconds per challenge to the spring games’ total running times. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 16 July 2025

Rhymes for drag down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown