drag into

phrasal verb

dragged into; dragging into; drags into
: to involve (a person, group, etc.) in (a difficult or complicated situation)
I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
We will not let the country be dragged into another war.

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Sources are shedding light on the state of Taylor Swift’s fractured decade-long friendship with Blake Lively after the pop star was dragged into the actress’ messy legal battle with Justin Baldoni. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025 In the film, Cera plays Bjorn Lund, a Norwegian entomology tutor hired by Benicio del Toro’s crazy billionaire Zsa-zsa Korda who swiftly gets dragged into a globe-trotting wild-goose chase of a plot and just as swiftly falls for Korda’s daughter, Liesl, a nun-in-training played by Mia Threapleton. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 3 June 2025 Hannah Smith, 22, fell off a pontoon boat and was dragged into the propeller while on vacation in the Bahamas on May 12, according to AL.com. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 24 May 2025 What the couple didn't expect was for their pets to get dragged into the drama. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for drag into

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“Drag into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20into. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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