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Antonyms for drag down
Grammar : Verb |
- accept
- add
- aid
- assist
- bear
- boost
- build
- build up
- cheer
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- construct
- create
- delight
- dignify
- elevate
- enable
- encourage
- enhance
- esteem
- fix
- give birth
- gladden
- grow
- hearten
- help
- honor
- improve
- include
- increase
- inspirit
- invigorate
- keep
- laud
- make happy
- place
- plant
- praise
- preserve
- purify
- raise
- remain
- rise
- save
- sow
- stay
- strengthen
- upgrade
- value
- welcome
Definition of drag down
- As in remove : verb do away with; kill
- As in sadden : verb upset, depress
- As in debase : verb degrade, shame
- She will drag up the heathen world; she will drag down Satan.
- Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
- Can't you leave it as it is and use it as a drag down the hill?
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
- They do not assist progress because they do not resist; they only drag down.
- Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore
- Cannot you drag down the Wolf-Cub without the aid of this blood-hound, Ferou?
- Extract from : « The Wolf Cub » by Patrick Casey
- Sir, it must drag down every court or judge venturing to sustain it.
- Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his Complete Works, v. 4-20 » by Charles Sumner
- "I drag down," should be graven upon the brow of every one of her class.
- Extract from : « Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated » by Solon Robinson
- He would rather die than drag down the dignity of the Hursts.
- Extract from : « Norston's Rest » by Ann S. Stephens
- And if you are wise you too prepare to drag down a dry keel to the waters of the Thames.
- Extract from : « England » by Frank Fox
- And we're going to drag down what we put in with a little something for interest.
- Extract from : « Winner Take All » by Larry Evans
- Alas, that vague emotions can drag down the sovereign intellect!
- Extract from : « A Duet » by Arthur Conan Doyle
Synonyms for drag down
- abase
- assassinate
- bemean
- blot out
- break one's heart
- bring one down
- bum out
- cast down
- cheapen
- clear away
- corrupt
- cripple
- dampen spirits
- dash
- debauch
- debilitate
- deject
- demean
- demoralize
- deplore
- deprave
- desolate
- devaluate
- devalue
- disable
- discourage
- disgrace
- dishearten
- dishonor
- dispirit
- dispose of
- distress
- do in
- down
- drag
- drag down
- dump on
- efface
- eliminate
- enfeeble
- eradicate
- erase
- exclude
- execute
- expunge
- exterminate
- extirpate
- fluff off
- get rid of
- grieve
- humble
- humiliate
- liquidate
- lower
- make blue
- murder
- obliterate
- oppress
- press
- purge
- put a damper on
- put away
- put down
- put into a funk
- reduce
- sap
- scratch
- shoot down
- sink
- sterilize
- take down
- take down a peg
- take out
- throw cold water on
- turn one off
- undermine
- waste
- weaken
- weigh down
- wipe out
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