Drag
Drag verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.
Evolve
Evolve verb - To gradually become clearer or more detailed.
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Both words in one sentence
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A lot of mons that evolve via evolutionary stone don't learn their best moves until high levels, and only the pre-evolutions can learn them, which means you have to drag them around for quite a while before getting said moves.
Source: Magikarp Power -
With the time you would have to drag on the campaigns to evolve them (which usually involves acquiring their Perfect Link Pokemon and grinding it to a high Link level), you could clear several episodes.
Source: Video Game / Pokémon Conquest
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