He only told me her name, and I had to drag that out of him.
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drag out of — To get (information, etc) from (someone) with difficulty, sometimes by force • • • Main Entry: ↑drag * * * ˌdrag ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drag out of he/she/it … Useful english dictionary
drag out — See: DRAG ON … Dictionary of American idioms
drag out — See: DRAG ON … Dictionary of American idioms
drag-out — «DRAG OWT», noun. Informal. a dragging out; prolongation: »If the drag out of the recession continues (Christian Science Monitor) … Useful english dictionary
drag out — drag on / drag out [v] extend time of action continue, draw out, endure, extend, go on slowly, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out; concept 239 Ant. complete … New thesaurus
drag\ out — • drag on • drag out v 1. To pass very slowly. The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come. 2. To prolong; make longer. The meeting would have been over quickly if the members had not dragged out the argument about… … Словарь американских идиом
drag out — index continue (prolong), prolong, protract (prolong) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
drag out — verb 1. last unnecessarily long (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑drag on • Hypernyms: ↑last, ↑endure • Verb Frames: Something s Something is ing PP … Useful english dictionary
drag out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you drag something out, you make it last for longer than is necessary. [V P n (not pron)] ...a company that was willing and able to drag out the proceedings for years... [V n P] Let s get it over with as soon as possible,… … English dictionary
drag out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms drag out : present tense I/you/we/they drag out he/she/it drags out present participle dragging out past tense dragged out past participle dragged out to make something continue for longer than necessary Let s … English dictionary
