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in die Länge ziehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • protract verb To lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.

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 lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.
  2. verb To make use of a protractor.
  3. verb To draw something to scale, marking out its lines and angles using a scale and protractor; to plot it.
  4. verb To postpone something until a later time.
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