drag down

drag down
drag down
vt
1. (force to a lower level)
to \drag down sb down jdn herunterziehen [o nach unten ziehen] fig
when he argues, he always ends up \drag downging others down to his level wenn er sich streitet, zieht er die anderen am Ende immer auf sein Niveau herunter
to \drag down sb down with oneself jdn mit sich dat reißen
2. (make sb depressed)
to \drag down sb down jdn zermürben [o fam fertigmachen]
don't let this \drag down you down lass dich dadurch nicht entmutigen
3. (reduce)
to \drag down down ⇆ sth prices etw herunterziehen
the threat of job cuts is \drag downging down the workers' performance der drohende Stellenabbau beeinträchtigt die Leistung der Arbeiter
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vt sep (lit)
herunterziehen; (fig) mit sich ziehen

he is trying to drag me down with him — er versucht, mich mit sich zu ziehen

to drag sb down to one's own level (fig) — jdn auf sein eigenes Niveau herabziehen

he was dragged down by the scandal — der Skandal führte fast zu seinem Ruin

his illness is dragging him down — seine Krankheit macht ihn fertig (inf)

you shouldn't let these things drag you down so — du solltest dich dadurch nicht so entmutigen lassen

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drag down v/t
1. a) herunterziehen
b) fig in den Schmutz ziehen
2. fig
a) jemanden zermürben (Krankheit etc)
b) jemanden entmutigen

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