DRAG (OUT) Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

drag (out)

verb

Definition of drag (out)

as in to lengthen

to make longer pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour

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Many organizations have invested heavily in AI to accelerate content creation, for example, yet campaign timelines continue to lengthen because the underlying operating model remains unchanged.

— Jamie Garverick, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Still, Allen notes that working to extend your healthspan will likely lengthen your lifespan as well.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Definition of lengthen

Verb

In recent months, drone sightings in Nikopol have increased from two or three per day to about three every hour, day and night, Varytsev says.

— Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Homelessness after incarceration increases the chances that someone will end up back behind bars, at a steep cost to taxpayers.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

Definition of increase

Verb

Arizona extended its lead in the sixth after Tawa hit an RBI single to left and Perdomo drove in a run on a groundout to first.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
There were several security guards and metal detectors customers had to go through, which created a line extending out the Union Station doors.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026

Definition of extend

Verb

His life as an activist draws out some of his sharpest memories.

— Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Most of the comedy lies in drawing out the characters’ ridiculous attempts to fit into crime movie archetypes — but more than once, this only draws attention to the film’s own failure to meet the standards of its genre.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 26 June 2026

Definition of draw out

Verb

El Niño is expected to prolong an existing unrelated marine heat wave that would otherwise typically start fading between October and December, scientists say.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Make sure to deadhead spent blooms in order to prolong their flowering, and cut them back in late fall or early spring.

— Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026

Definition of prolong

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