drag out

verb

dragged out; dragging out; drags out

1

: to cause (something) to take more time than necessary

He dragged out the speech much too long.

2

: to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone) : to make (someone) tell one (something)

The teacher eventually dragged a confession out of one of the students.

Doctors sometimes have to drag information out of their patients.

Examples of drag out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sami’s flurry of offense ended when he was cut off by Gunther and once again dragged out of the ring. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Bitat, 59, was dragged out of the cab and beaten as thousands of revelers celebrated in the streets outside Madison Square Garden. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

Instead of dragging out a full-size vacuum every time there is a mess on the floor, why not use a cordless handheld vacuum like the model by Black and Decker instead? — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

These are exactly the kind of small fabric messes that are annoying enough to clean right away, but not quite serious enough to justify dragging out a full-size carpet cleaner. — New Atlas, 24 June 2026

Rhymes for drag out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout