to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary
As the conflict drags on, the plunder will only get worse.
At the time, nobody dreamt it was going to drag on for years, he said.
But now the negotiations are expected to drag on for months and possibly into next year.
But those countries know it risks pulling them into a conflict that could drag on for years.
Goodness, this could drag on for years.
He kept pleading not guilty so the process dragged on.
He was involved in an acrimonious split from his second wife that dragged on for years.
I think my ex-husband can afford to buy me out and we have allowed the process to drag on for too long.
I want them to clear the heights because if they fail they get another two goes and it drags on.
It dragged on over two years.
It got worse as the months dragged on.
It's going to drag on.
Some cases drag on for years.
Such negotiations typically drag on for years, if not decades.
The case dragged on for three years before the clubs reached an agreement.
The club say they will appeal, a process which could drag on until August.
The company had to ask its lenders to delay covenant tests twice as talks dragged on for nine months.
The economic problems of the eurozone will drag on for years.
The fighting dragged on for two months.
The impeachment process would then drag on into the Olympics.
The talks had dragged on for 14 years.
The trial is expected to drag on for months.
Things like this have been known to drag on for months at a time.
This has been dragging on for months now.
This has dragged on for months.
drags on
dragging on
dragged on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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