0 to make something last for a long time or last longer than necessary:
I have no desire to protract the process.
Their guest did not protract his stay an hour longer.
It was in no one's interest to protract the situation any further.
Protracting the issue could lead to unnecessary publicity.
They tried to protract the discussion.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
protract
