Expression "I,m a bit on the drag" (meaning running late), where did it originate?

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Expression "I,m a bit on the drag" (meaning running late), where did it originate?

2006-09-25 23:05:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

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It is a nautical term meaning that the outgoing tide is slowing the forward movement of a ship.

2006-09-25 23:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by Frank 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

from paratroopers, when you are dropping down from the sky...the drag is due to the air, which is making you late in coming down....hence the phrase to mean that we are getting late...

2006-09-26 06:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by vani3624 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

from the drag artists.

2006-09-28 04:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

From phyilosophers

2006-09-26 06:27:07 · answer #4 · answered by anne c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

dragging a**

2006-09-26 06:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by Perry N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋