drag
verb (used with object)
to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail.
have been dragging
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present perfect progressiveof drag.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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But others worry that the commissioners have been dragging their feet to make a decision, and falling short on promises that had been made to the community’s farmworkers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
This is something Shiv and Kendall have missed, as they have been dragging Roman from one Logan-skewering plan after another and treating him like their mascot.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
It is not entirely clear why the authorities have been dragging their feet.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023
But the talks have been dragging on, amid Japanese reservations about sharing technology with others, including a Chinese rival like Geely, sources have told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022
This morning I have been dragging him about the town till he was half dead.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Henry Reeve
