drag\ in

drag\ in
v
To insist on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; begin talking about (something different.)

No matter what we talk about, Jim drags in politics.

Whenever anyone mentions travel, Grace has to drag in the trip to Mexico she took ten years ago.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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