drag down

And this widening and immoral disparity surely may drag down our national numbers from the mediocre to the bad.

Under our current nitwit sequester policy, government cutbacks continued to drag down growth.

Moreover, that figure includes a lot of studios and small one bedrooms that drag down the average.

Italy, which always seems to drag down the rest of Europe, is, of course, Merill Lynch.

And things formidable enough to drag down that scaled horror were not foes he would choose to meet in these unlighted ways.

It is not waiting for them to drag down the banner to the dust; it is making haste to trail it for them with malice aforethought.

Cannot you drag down the Wolf-Cub without the aid of this blood-hound, Ferou?

Right or wrong, these facts impress the mind, and their leaden weight serves to drag down our aspirations.

It was not for a man broken down in the world, to drag down any woman to his paltry circumstances.