drag down

drag down

vb

(Psychology) (tr, adverb) to depress or demoralize: the flu really dragged her down.

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

drag down - exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof" bear down, press down on, weigh down, bear down on press - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"

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drag

verb

1. To exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force:

draw, haul, pull, tow, tug.

2. To hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behind:

draggle, trail, train.

3. To advance slowly:

crawl, creep, inch.

4. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered:

dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail.

Idioms: drag one's feet, mark time, take one's time.

noun

1. The act of drawing or pulling a load:

draft, draw, haul, pull, traction.

2. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette:

draw, puff, pull.

Slang: hit.

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Translations

w>drag down

vt sep (lit) → herunterziehen; (fig) → mit sich ziehen; he is trying to drag me down with him → er versucht, mich mit sich zu ziehen; to drag somebody down to one’s own level (fig) → jdn auf sein eigenes Niveau herabziehen; he was dragged down by the scandal → der Skandal führte fast zu seinem Ruin; his illness is dragging him down → seine Krankheit macht ihn fertig (inf); you shouldn’t let these things drag you down so → du solltest dich dadurch nicht so entmutigen lassen

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