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drag down en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.
I feel bad for him, but at the same time I cannot let him drag me down into his depths of negativity.
2008, Shane Sartor, Spiritual Profits 2nd Edition:
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(transitive) To earn, as in wages from a job.
You're dragging down 50k these days, right?
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, down.
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