"drag on" meaning in English

See drag on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-drag on.ogg [Australia] Forms: drags on [present, singular, third-person], dragging on [participle, present], dragged on [participle, past], dragged on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drag on (third-person singular simple present drags on, present participle dragging on, simple past and past participle dragged on)
  1. (idiomatic) to last too long Tags: idiomatic Translations (to last too long): traîner (French), sich hinziehen (German), elhúzódik (Hungarian), 끌다 (kkeulda) (Korean), 질질 끌다 (jiljil kkeulda) (Korean), тяну́ться (tjanútʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), тягти́ся (tjahtýsja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), тягну́тися (tjahnútysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-drag_on-en-verb-4YkQ1mn~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to last too long",
          "word": "traîner"
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          "sense": "to last too long",
          "word": "sich hinziehen"
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          "sense": "to last too long",
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      "sense": "to last too long",
      "word": "traîner"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to last too long",
      "word": "sich hinziehen"
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      "sense": "to last too long",
      "word": "elhúzódik"
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      "sense": "to last too long",
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