drag in
Mention without reason
To drag in is to introduce something irrelevant or unwelcome into a conversation or situation: Why do you always have to drag in what happened ten years ago?
The phrase suggests forcing a topic where it doesn't belong, pulling it in against natural resistance.
Someone might drag in politics at a family dinner or drag in unrelated grievances during an argument.
- pull intoEnter and stop
- involveTo contain as part
- bring intoInclude as participant
- shoehornHeel insertion aid
- implicateSuggest involvement in wrongdoing
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