lengthen+out
31string out — 1) stringing out a story Syn: spin out, drag out, lengthen 2) airfields strung out along the Gulf Syn: spread out, space out, distribute, scatter …
32drag something out — PROLONG, protract, draw out, spin out, string out, extend, lengthen, carry on, keep going, continue. → drag * * * extract information from someone against their will the truth was being dragged out of us * * * ˌdrag sthˈout derived to make sth… …
33drag out — let s not drag out the Q&A session with issues that can t be addressed at this point Syn: prolong, protract, draw out, spin out, string out, extend, lengthen, carry on, keep going, continue …
34pad out — don t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive Syn: expand unnecessarily, fill out, amplify, increase, flesh out, lengthen, spin out, overdo, elaborate …
35drag out — drag on / drag out [v] extend time of action continue, draw out, endure, extend, go on slowly, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out; concept 239 Ant. complete …
36draw out — [v] prolong attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lead on, lengthen, make longer, prolongate, protract, pull, spin, spin out*, stretch, string out*, tug; concepts 236,239,245 Ant. clip, shorten …
37drag out — verb a) To extend or lengthen excessively. I dont want to drag out this talk, so Ill stop unless you have questions. b) To haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force. She dragged out her old Spanish textbooks in an attempt to prepare… …
38stick out — *bulge, jut, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: *extend, prolong, elongate, lengthen: *expand, swell, distend: obtrude (see INTRUDE) stiff adj Stiff, rigid, inflexible, tense, stark, wooden can mean so firm, hard,… …
39draw something out — Syn: prolong, protract, drag out, spin out, string out, extend, lengthen …
40pad something out — EXPAND UNNECESSARILY, fill out, amplify, increase, flesh out, lengthen, spin out, overdo, elaborate. → pad …
