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How to sign: pull, as against a resistance
"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him";
See also: tangle, sweep up, drag in, embroil, sweep
Within this category: shlep, trail
How to sign: draw slowly or heavily
"haul stones"; "haul nets";
Similiar / Same: haul, cart, hale
Within this category: bowse
How to sign: walk without lifting the feet
Similiar / Same: scuff
Categories: scuffle, shamble, shuffle
How to sign: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
"They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business";
Similiar / Same: embroil, tangle, sweep up, drag in, sweep
Categories: involve
How to sign: clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
"he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag";
Categories: article of clothing, clothing, vesture, wear
How to sign: to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging";
Similiar / Same: trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
Categories: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag
