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long-drawn-out

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long-drawn-out (lôngdrônout, lng-)
adj.
Greatly extended or protracted; prolonged: a long-drawn-out speech.
long-drawn-out
adj
over-prolonged or extended
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long-drawn-out
adjective prolonged, marathon, lengthy, protracted, interminable, spun out, dragged out, overlong, overextended a long-drawn-out election campaign
Translations
long-drawn-out [ˈlɒŋdrɔːnˈaʊt] ADJ → interminable
long-drawn-out [ˌlɒŋdrɔːnˈaʊt] adj → che va per le lunghe, interminabile
long-drawn-out [ˌlɒŋdrɔːnˈaʊt] adj → che va per le lunghe, interminabile


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A drummer, their leader, turned round facing the singers, and flourishing his arm, began a long-drawn-out soldiers' song, commencing with the words: "Morning dawned, the sun was rising," and concluding: "On then, brothers, on to glory, led by Father Kamenski.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I was fagged out, and for the first time in years felt a question as to my ability to cope with an antagonist; but there was naught else for it than to engage my man, and that as quickly and ferociously as lay in me, for my only salvation was to rush him off his feet by the impetuosity of my attack--I could not hope to win a long-drawn-out battle.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The congregation sit at ease while the parson does the praying for them, and while they are droning the long-drawn-out chorales, he retires into a little wooden box just big enough to hold him.
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Von Arnim, Elizabeth View in context
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