If an unpleasant situation drags someone down, it makes them feel unhappy or ill:

to oppose or disagree with something or someone:

to be part of a group that opposes/supports a particular idea, plan, or group:

to make someone or something more likely to fail:

If you nail down an arrangement or decision, you decide and agree to the details of it:

to treat someone very well:

various pieces of information that together show where someone you are searching for has gone:

to become the property of a particular person again:

to be connected to, or to be about someone or something:

To attach a particular quality to something is to consider it to have that quality:

to obey someone completely:

If something or someone is the answer to another thing or person, it is or they are considered to be similar or as good:

to say or think that something is caused by a particular thing or person:

to do something that has to be done:

to unwillingly accept the opinions or decisions of other people:

to not include something or someone on a list:

If you are locked in a situation or process, it is impossible for you to escape or make progress from it:

to find or communicate with someone:

to like someone or something very much:

to defeat someone in a competition: