Drag down
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Definition
To lower someone’s mood or reduce the quality of a situation
Example sentence
His bad attitude drags down the entire team.
Real video usage
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
drag down the team
drag down morale
drag down the economy
negativity drags everyone down
don’t let it drag you down
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
The news dragged down the market. ✅ (Correct)
The news dragged the market down. ✅ (Correct)