drag into

phrasal verb

dragged into; dragging into; drags into

: to involve (a person, group, etc.) in (a difficult or complicated situation)

I'm sorry for dragging you into this.

We will not let the country be dragged into another war.

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The government has claimed that recent policy changes are a move to protect the country from foreign interference and avoid being dragged into a war like that in Ukraine. —

Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2024 This will continue no matter how many new women are dragged into her orbit. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024 But all that bland, commercially palatable careerism can’t prevent Muncie, played by the versatile Emmy winner Colman Domingo, from getting dragged into a war between the far right and the radical left, edgelord billionaires and misfits living communally at society’s fringes. —

Judy Berman, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024 That finally changes this week as Tanya Moodie’s shadowy Judge Meadows moves to the center of the action, dragged into the fray by Bernard, who is desperate for her help. —

Noel Murray, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drag into