drag away

drag away
drag away
vt
1. (get off)
to \drag away sth/sb away etw wegschleppen
I could not \drag away him away from her ich konnte ihn nicht von ihr wegziehen
2. (take sb's attention from sth)
to \drag away sb away from sth jdn von etw wegziehen
if you could \drag away yourself away from the television for a moment ... wenn du dich für einen Augenblick vom Fernsehen losreißen könntest ...
* * *
vt sep (lit, fig)
wegschleppen or -ziehen

you'll have to drag him away from the television — den muss man mit Gewalt vom Fernsehen wegziehen

if you can drag yourself away from the television for a second ... — wenn du dich vielleicht mal für eine Sekunde vom Fernsehen losreißen könntest ...

* * *
drag away v/t wegschleppen, wegzerren:
he could not drag himself away from the television er konnte sich nicht vom Fernseher losreißen

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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