Synonyms for drag on
drag on

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1. drag on, drag outverb

   last unnecessarily long

   Synonyms:
   drag, drag out

2. drag, drag on, drag outverb

   proceed for an extended period of time

   "The speech dragged on for two hours"

   Synonyms:
   draw, tangle, haul, hale, get behind, drop back, drag out, embroil, dredge, scuff, drag in, sweep up, trail, puff, sweep, cart, drag, hang back, drop behind

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1. Lael Brainard:

   The longer these drag on the more I worry that they really materially weigh on consumer confidence, business confidence, and then start to work their way through actual activity in the economy.

2. Randa Kassis:

   We're waiting for a U.S.-Russian accord to solve the (key) issue once and for all. Until they resolve it this process will drag on.

3. Sam Bullard:

   Import prices should continue to exert a drag on domestic inflation in the first half of 2016. The incoming data continues to provide uncertainty over the likelihood of a rate hike in March.

4. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

   We should never allow this problem to drag on into the next generation, from now on, Japan and South Korea will enter a new era.

5. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry:

   If you say that we should not educate children who come into our state for no other reason than that they've been brought their through no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart, we need to be educating these children because they will become a drag on our society...Texas voted on it. And I still support it today.