drag down

phrasal verb

dragged down; dragging down; drags down

: to force (someone) into a bad situation or condition

We cannot let our enemies drag us down to their level.

: to make (someone) unhappy

You can't let her bad moods drag you down.

: to make (something) lower in amount or quality

High energy costs are dragging down profits.

Examples of drag down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Artificial intelligence titan Nvidia’s steep losses have also helped drag down the market this month. —

Krystal Hur, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024 Growing worries about China’s economy — the world’s largest importer of crude oil — also amplified doubts about future oil demand, especially after the recent release of weak data, which was dragged down by a real estate slump and weak consumption. —

Zimo Zhong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024 Wong added that real estate dragged down growth for several of the main cities in that region, except for Dongguan. —

Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2024 However, a slowdown in home construction and other residential investments dragged down economic growth -- a turnaround after three straight quarters of solid growth in those sectors. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for drag down

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