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Drag up
· verb · construction
To quit the job and pack out your tools.
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To walk off a job for good — collect your tools, get your final check, gone. Heavy in union ironwork, pipefitting, and boilermaker circles. A 'drag-up check' is the cheque you get when you quit (or get run off). Not a layoff, not a firing — you're choosing to leave.
“Foreman was a clown, so I dragged up at lunch.”
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Also used as a noun: a 'drag-up' is the act itself, or the final pay you collect on the way out.
“Got my drag-up and headed straight to the hall for the next call.”
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Drag up In A Sentence
Foreman was a clown, so I dragged up at lunch.
Got my drag-up and headed straight to the hall for the next call.
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What does drag up mean?
To drag up means to quit the job and pack out your tools.
How do you use drag up in a sentence?
"If they don't sort the money out, I'm dragging up on Friday."
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