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To make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.
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It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
More phrases:
- draw out
- grow on
- run off with
- tie up
- zero in
- zoom past
- add fuel to the fire
- and then some
- as if
- at last
- buy time
- carry one's weight
- catch a tan
- come to terms
- common-or-garden
- dead duck
- down-to-earth
- easy does it
- fear
- flower
- for goodness' sake
- from cover to cover
- give in
- gold mine
- grace period
- green light
- hack it
- heart to heart
- in order
- in touch
- keep one on one's toes
- lie through one's teeth
- light a fire under
- lion
- make believe
- make out like a bandit
- morning, noon and night
- move heaven and earth
- no frills
- old stick
- on a roll
- on hold
- on its merits
- one at a time
- one of those days
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of house and home
- out of order
- out of this world
- pull one's head in
- raise a stink
- sack out
- sell ice to eskimos
- shape up
- small fry
- soft sawder
- stand one's ground
- take it easy
- talk a blue streak
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