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

Among them was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Among those killed was a 61-year-old woman tipped out of her canoe by an alligator in 2025 and an 85-year-old widow who was dragged out of her backyard by an alligator while walking her dog in 2023. — Julie Carr Smyth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

The top two teams in Class 3A of the Southwestern Preparatory Conference, both undefeated in conference play and overall, meet in Arlington on Friday night in what should be a knock down, drag out battle. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes, leaf blowers and lawn bags to strip their yards bare before winter arrives. — Manjot Kaur Sidhu, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for drag out

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