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What does drag out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word drag out? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To extend or lengthen excessively.
  2. To haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.
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Mr Barroso, your political guidelines provide little illumination as to your plans and drag out much of the same rhetoric used five years ago.
These meetings should give the union an idea to what extent Treasury Board wants to drag out the process.
On the other hand, a business that can hire other employees as it sees fit can drag out the dispute, because it is under much less pressure.
It deliberately puts in a lot of fiddling little details that drag out the story.
However, the real difficulties in finding and arresting fugitives should not be used to drag out the Tribunals' work for an indefinite period.
The linen was boiled, scrubbed, rinsed and given a final soak in Robin Blue to drag out the last erg of whiteness before starching.

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