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drag on

vb. (context idiomatic English) to last too long

WordNet
drag on
  1. v. last unnecessarily long [syn: drag out]

  2. proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" [syn: drag, drag out]

Usage examples of "drag on".

So a final drag on a cigarette and back we go again for four more hours.

When my judges were back, refreshed with coffee, biscuits and, in certain cases, a quick drag on a Silk Cut, Sam Ballard announced that I wished to make a statement, the dye was cast and I tottered to my feet and spoke to the following effect.

I took a big drag on my smoke, then looked at Carole Lombard -- Mrs.

Time would have to drag on a lot longer than it had, she would have to get a lot more fed up and tired with this old, time-frozen body before suicide became a serious alternative.

In this situation, deprived of the freshness and health that constitute their charm, carrying with them an extraneous and expensive burden, they are less prized by men, they find no solid establishment, they fall into poverty, misery, and wretchedness, and thus drag on in sorrow their unhappy existence.

This prognosis held for about 72 hours, which was time enough for almost everybody in Washington to start gearing down for an endless summer -- a humid nightmare of booze, sweat and tension, of debate in the House, delay in the courts and finally a trial in the Senate that might drag on until Christmas.

She took a long drag on her cigarette and let the smoke curl from her nose, dragon style.