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1. drag out (protract):

to drag out ⇆ sth
etw in die Länge ziehen [o. hinausziehen]

2. drag out (extract):

to drag sth out of sb information
jdm etw aus der Nase ziehen inf

3. drag out liter (suffer through):

to drag out ⇆ sth
sich acc durch etw acc schleppen
to drag out a weary life
vor sich acc hin leben
to drag out one's days
sein Leben fristen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to drag out one's days
sein Leben fristen
to drag sth out of sb
etw aus jdm herausbringen [o. herausholen]
to drag out a weary life
vor sich acc hin leben
to drag a confession/the truth out of sb
jdm ein Geständnis/die Wahrheit entlocken
we had to drag him out of the bar
wir mussten ihn aus der Bar herausholen
that's a bit of a drag — we've run out of coffee
das ist ja echt ätzend — wir haben keinen Kaffee mehr sl
you never tell me how you feel — I always have to drag it out of you
du sagst mir nie, wie du dich fühlst — ich muss dir immer alles aus der Nase ziehen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The convention might only last 15 minutes, or it could drag out for several days for debate.
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So if the officer is going somewhat blindly into a serious call, and the operator wants to drag out as much information as she can.
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Some of our folksong exponents seem to think you have to go way back in the hills and drag out the worst singer in the world before it's authentic.
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It doesn't drag out mysteries with no end in sight.
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It was shown that during the final vote, the judges got into a knock down drag out fight over the results.
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He anticipated there would be a lot more hoggets mated this year which would drag out the season.
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Some scenes drag out and gruesome not for children.
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In the middle of the ongoing shootout a special forces corpsman tried to drag out one of the wounded policemen but got attacked and both died on the spot.
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He is awakened by an arrest in a building close to his, and observes the police drag out a man who loudly and continuously protests his innocence.
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To drag out of the marsh the hippopotamus.
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