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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:

He is taking medicine for his cold.The doctor prescribed me a new drug today.

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This word has no antonyms

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.

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