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

The series smartly jettisons (most) of the dead weight that so often drags down stories in this mode, instead leaning into the pleasantly trashy. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 June 2025

Added to that, the country hasn’t built enough homes since the foreclosure crisis, creating a chronic lack of new housing supply that drags down the market and keeps prices high. —The New York Times, Oc Register, 16 June 2025

Some economic forecasters project that Mr. Trump's tariffs will drag down U.S. growth. —Alain Sherter, CBS News, 11 June 2025

Over time, those choices spread outward, dampening demand, slowing growth, and dragging down productivity more broadly. —Catherine Baab, Quartz, 3 June 2025

Rhymes for drag down

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