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Definition of drag in

: to bring in or inject especially into an argument irrelevantly or inappropriately the speaker's references to his political opponent were only dragged in out of spite a ballet that, for once, isn't dragged in, that is a perfectly legitimate part of the scene— Deems Taylor

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“Drag in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20in. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.

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