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Phrase(s): drag someone or something down
1. Lit. to pull someone or something to the ground or to a lower level. • The lions dragged the antelope down and made dinner out of it. • They dragged down the boxes from the closet shelf. 2. Fig. to debase someone or something; to corrupt someone or something. • The bad acting dragged the level of the performance down. • The bad acting dragged down the level of the performance.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs