drag on Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans. • drag on: I. Trans.: in fig. sense: Phr.: to d. on life, vitam trahere, Virg.: to d. on an existence more burdensome than death, morte graviorem vitam exigere, Sall. II. Intrans.: also fig., to be prolonged tediously., trăhor, 3: the affair d.'d on more slowly than had been expected, res lentius spe trahebatur, Liv.; so, mora qua bellum trahebatur, Liv.