transitive verb
1. slang : to earn as a wage or salary : bring in (a certain sum of money)
two hundred dollars … means a lot when you're just dragging down an ensign's pay — Land Kaderli
the super show … dragged down good money and continued to do so — F.B.Gipson
2. : to remove part of (one's craps winnings) and leave the rest as one's next bet