drag out

Hi,

Ramona and Howie playing a game. They grasped a rock and pounded a brick into pieces. So the driveway was thick with red dust.

"Ramona dragged out the hose" and pretened that a terrible flood was washing away the brick factory in a stream of red mud.

What did Ramona do in the sentence Ramona dragged out the hose ? She pulled the

Thanks. I thought "hose" means long stockings so I don't understand this sentence. But I know it's meaning now. Thanks Clive You helped me so much. [H]

Hose is a very old fashioned word for stocking or sock. It is almost never used in this context now, although you will come across its usage in "hosiery shop" meaning a shop which sells stockings and/or socks.

You may come across the expression "he was completely hosed". I'm not certain of the meaning but I'd guess it means "washed out" or "knackered" or even "******".

Thanks a lot Eimai.

Just to be absolutely clear, a hose is a long pipe used for moving water: http://tinyurl.com/262yhu

And when you drag something you pull it, but as you pull, part of it trails along on the ground or on the floor.

CJ

thanks