drag on

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer que quelque chose continue pendant une durée excessivement longue, devenant souvent ennuyeux ou fastidieux.

A phrasal verb used to indicate that something continues for an unnecessarily long time, often becoming tedious or boring.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Continue for a long timeinformal

   To continue for an unnecessarily long period, often becoming tedious or boring.

   traîner en longueur

   • The meeting dragged on for over three hours.
   • The movie started to drag on after the first hour.
   • The negotiations dragged on without any resolution.

   Synonymescontinuedraw outgo onlastpersistprolongprotractrun onstretch outwear on

   Antonymesceaseconcludeendfinishstop

Verbe de basedrag