English

Verb

drag down ‎(third-person singular simple present drags down, present participle dragging down, simple past and past participle dragged down)

1. (transitive) to cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate.
   • 2008, Shane Sartor, Spiritual Profits 2nd Edition

     I feel bad for him, but at the same time I cannot let him drag me down into his depths of negativity.