drag on

Idioms  

1. Also, drag out. Prolong or be prolonged tediously. For example, The speech dragged on for another hour, or He dragged out the story in an excruciating manner. [First half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

None of this necessarily means that SpaceX will be a drag on the market.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Big tech stocks—especially Nvidia, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple—also created a big drag on the major indexes.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“If this resilience were confirmed in the current circumstance, the expected drag on aggregate demand might be insufficient to eliminate the growing risk of inflation settling above target over the medium term,” the account said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

However, any legal action that challenges the ruling in Turkey's Court of Cassation is expected to drag on.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Although the crisis would drag on for long weeks and months after March 16, the operators had reached a turning point.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland