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drag down

 1 (v + adv) make sb unhappy TRANSITIVEtarraing síos  c m ushe'd drag you down chuirfeadh sí blianta ort, bheifeá traochta aicithat's the sort of thing that drags me down sin an sórt ruda a chuireann smúit orm, sin an sórt ruda a shúnn mo mhisneach 2 (v + adv) lower sb socially, morally, etc TRANSITIVEtarraing síos  c m uthey were dragged down by the scandal tharraing an scannal míchlú orthu, bhí siad náirithe ag an scannal 3 (v + adv) FIN cause price etc to fall TRANSITIVEtarraing anuas  c m ushare prices were dragged down by the crisis thit luach scaireanna de bharr na géarchéime → see drag

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