drag in

1. 1.

   force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

   “They were swept up by the events”

   “don't drag me into this business”

   Synonymsembroiltanglesweepsweep updrag

   Broaderinvolve

Questions about drag in

What does drag in mean?

drag in means "force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action".

What is another word for drag in?

Close synonyms include embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drag in a common word?

drag in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.