"drag down" meaning in All languages combined

See drag down on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: drags down [present, singular, third-person], dragging down [participle, present], dragged down [participle, past], dragged down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drag down (third-person singular simple present drags down, present participle dragging down, simple past and past participle dragged down)
  1. (transitive) To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-drag_down-en-verb-pHdcPwv2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 46 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 53 36 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 37 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 29 6
  2. (transitive) To earn, as in wages from a job. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-drag_down-en-verb-6b6vWyOg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 46 9
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, down.
    Sense id: en-drag_down-en-verb-m16GybNy

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood."
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        "(transitive) To earn, as in wages from a job."
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        "(transitive) To earn, as in wages from a job."
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