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Dragged/Drug
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Dragged vs. Drug
Dragged
/drægd/
To pull something or someone along forcefully or with difficulty.
Examples:
Synonyms:
pulled
hauled
towed
Antonyms:
pushed
lifted
Drug
/drʌɡ/
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A substance used to treat illness or alter the mind or body
Examples:
Never start taking
drugs
.
'Lady Clarke is usually
drugged
.
The
drugs
make her suspicious and imaginative.
Synonyms:
medication
medicine
narcotic
pharmaceutical
stimulant
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
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Ways to tell them apart:
Dragged
is the standard past tense and past participle form of
drag
.
Drug
is considered a dialectal or informal past tense of
drag
in some regional dialects.
Dragged
is universally accepted in both British and American English.
Using
drug
instead of
dragged
can be seen as incorrect in formal writing.
Remember that
drug
as a noun refers to medicine or illegal substances, not past tense of
drag
.
When to use dragged:
When to use drug:
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