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Let go or get dragged

Posted by Baceseras on February 21, 2009 at 21:38

In Reply to: Let go or get dragged posted by Smokey Stover on February 20, 2009 at 18:40:

: : What is the origin of "let go or get dragged"?

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: It's plain English for, "Release whatever you're holding onto, or you will be dragged away from it by main force."
: SS

["Dragged away from it," maybe - or perhaps "dragged along by it". Context should help to tell if the sense is "Don't try to hold me back." -Bac.]

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