drag in

transitive verb

: to bring in or inject especially into an argument irrelevantly or inappropriately
the speaker's references to his political opponent were only dragged in out of spite
a ballet that, for once, isn't dragged in, that is a perfectly legitimate part of the sceneDeems Taylor

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“Drag in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag%20in. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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