drag away meaning

• drag sb away informal to make someone stop doing something, when they are so interested in doing it that they do not want to stop:
  ▪ Donny loves watching the animals at the zoo - we have to drag him away when it's time to leave.
  nothing can drag sb away from sth
  ▪ On Sunday afternoons, nothing can drag Jim away from sports programmes on TV.
  ■ SIMILAR TO: tear away

• drag sth away:    [American slang]to ...
• wild horses couldn't drag so away:    [American slang]Pr ...
• a drag:    [American slang]Sl ...

Examples

1. but god drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life
2. Aniel burns the sacred groves and drags away the standing stones.
3. Shouting in panic, the others tried to drag away the body.
4. They won't have drag away KJ.
5. They plunder coffins and drag away precious headstones.