drag into

phrasal verb

dragged into; dragging into; drags into
: to involve (a person, group, etc.) in (a difficult or complicated situation)
I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
We will not let the country be dragged into another war.

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The text messages and other documents also reveal growing tensions in the women’s decade-long friendship, which reportedly cooled last year over Swift’s concerns that she would be dragged into Lively’s legal battle with Baldoni and could be subpoenaed to testify in a deposition or in court. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026 Everyone around them also gets dragged into the storm, leaving friends and family caught in the middle long after the pair tries to move on with other people. Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026 Once the woman unlocked her car doors to let the men out, one of them wrapped a rope around her neck, and she was dragged into the backseat of the car and her hands tied together, the complaint said. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026 Buffalo is going to get dragged into more games like this one, where tight plays and net-front competitiveness will be at a premium. Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drag into

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“Drag into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20into. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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