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long-drawn-out

[ lawng-drawn-out, long- ]

adjective

  1. lasting a very long time; protracted:

    a long-drawn-out story.

  2. of great length; long:

    a long-drawn-out line of soldiers.



long-drawn-out

adjective

  1. over-prolonged or extended
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of long-drawn-out1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Plenty of other long-drawn-out union processes, like the first Chipotle restaurant to successfully organize, will be further stymied.

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"We very much expect a long-drawn-out process, self-auditing, and plenty of political squabbling with potential class action lawsuits and attorney general lawsuits."

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He pledged publicly to stay in Brooklyn and engaged in long-drawn-out talks with New York City officials about building a new ballpark.

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Mistry was ousted as chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the $300-billion salt-to-software Tata conglomerate, in a boardroom coup in 2016, sparking a long-drawn-out legal tussle on which India's top court eventually ruled in Tata Group's favour.

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“You could see how with different goals it could be a long-drawn-out war,†he said.

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