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Dragged vs. Drug

Dragged

/drægd/
To pull something or someone along forcefully or with difficulty.

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Drug

/drʌɡ/
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.

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This word has no antonyms

Ways to tell them apart:

etymology
  • 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.
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