drag down

present singular third person drags down · participle present dragging down · participle past dragged down · past dragged down

1. transitiveTo cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.

   I feel bad for him, but at the same time I cannot let him drag me down into his depths of negativity.

   2008, Shane Sartor, Spiritual Profits 2nd Edition

2. transitiveTo earn, as in wages from a job.

   You're dragging down 50k these days, right?

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, down.