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Phrase(s): drag someone up
to force someone to come up or to come and stand nearby. • He wouldn’t come on his own, so I dragged him up. • You will have to drag him up. He is too tired to walk by himself. • The reporter dragged up a homeless man to interview., Phrase(s): drag something up
to pull something close, such as a chair, stool, etc., to sit in. • Please drag a chair up and sit down. • Drag up a chair and sit for a while.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs