drag out
Make take longer
To drag out is to extend something beyond its natural or comfortable length.
A meeting drags out when it runs too long.
To drag out information is to extract it slowly and reluctantly: We had to drag the truth out of him.
A dragged-out process feels tedious, prolonged past the point of patience.
Make longer or larger
- lengthenIncrease in extent
- stretchPull to extend
- protractExtend duration unnecessarily
- elongateTo make longer
pad · string along · perpetuate · sustain · continue · overextend · belabor · milk
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- laboriousRequiring considerable effort
plodding · sluggish · interminable · endless · mind-numbing · dreary · dull · repetitive
extend
Make longer or larger
elongate · pad · string along · perpetuate · sustain · continue · overextend · belabor · milk · filibuster
boring
Failing to engage interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
laborious · plodding · sluggish · interminable · endless · mind-numbing · dreary · dull · repetitive · slow
retrieve
Get something back
obtain · excavate · dredge up · wheedle · confession · secret · information · truth · admission
force
Strength or compulsion
cajole · persuade · convince · prod · push · urge · coax · unwilling · resistant · hesitant
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- bring outbring forth, elicit, evoke, educe, extract
- root outuproot, eradicate, root up, hunt down, track down