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in die Länge ziehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • protract verb To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

Senses

in die Länge ziehen is used for these senses in English:

  • protract To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

protract — full definition

  1. verb To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
  2. verb To use a protractor.
  3. verb To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
  4. verb To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

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