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Definition of Drag in
1. Verb. Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. "Don't drag me into this business"
Generic synonyms: Involve
Derivative terms: Embroilment
Definition of Drag in
1. Verb. (transitive) To get into a course of action by forceful means. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drag In
Literary usage of Drag in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"A buoy is used, as in the drag described above, to show the position, and to keep
the drag in its effective position. Braces connect the ribs to a sliding ..."
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"... in vain to explain the part played here by the shepherds by means of the
pastoral tales of the ancients, and is driven to drag in, awkwardly enough, ..."
3. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"drag in, to. See Dray in, to. Drag road. Sec Dray road; Gutter road. ... drag in,
to. Dray road. A narrow road, cut wide enough to allow the passage ..."
4. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1903)
"In the present case we have to speak of a " sledge or drag in tbe contemplation
of the Legislature." I do not think that we should leave out of с ..."
5. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1831)
"В is a compound drag, in which the principal merit of the invention consists ;
this drag is jointed at b, which admits of its traversing up and down through ..."
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