Drag
Drag verb - To move or act slowly.
Usage example: one of the climbers was beginning to drag
Race
Race verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India
How words are described
| female | female drag | female race |
| long | long drag | long race |
| complete | complete drag | complete race |
| certain | certain drag | certain race |
| Other adjectives: powerful, main. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He ends up getting disqualified, not because of the drag (the judges knew it was him and didn't care), but because of his unsportsmanlike conduct during the race.
Source: Disguised in Drag -
Oh, and he's got bombs that drag chunks of reality into a separate dimension being produced by the dozens through a race of robotic beings being held hostage through secondary villain Ganondorf.
Source: Evil Plan - It Sucks to Be the Chosen One: Making sure an entire race of beings doesnt die out certainly sounds like a drag.
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