drag on

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Verb1.drag on - last unnecessarily long
drag out
last, endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
2.drag on - proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
drag out, drag
proceed, go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
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trascinarsi

w>drag on

vi → sich in die Länge ziehen; (meeting, lecture also) → sich hinziehen; (conversation) → sich hinschleppen; it dragged on for 3 hours → es zog sich über 3 Stunden hin
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