"drag backward" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to pull or move something in a backward direction. Example: The football player was injured and had to be dragged backward off the field by his teammates.
Drugs have dominated the Tour in recent years, but their dismal presence may actually be overshadowed by the bigger picture in these Games — whether China can stage a successful Olympics or be dragged backward by its pollution and suppression.
Thus the backward drag which the limbs generate during forward movement is considerably reduced in comparison to the forward drag during backward movement of the limbs.
"It is trying to drag America backward.
The rope around the fish's tail will eventually be used to drag it backward out of the net, an unhealthy maneuver for any large shark.
Donald Trump wants to drag us backward, toward everything negative about the 1950s and 60s -- racism, suspicion, conformity, and xenophobia -- everything we and our forebears fought to rise above.
And most important, it will determine whether the progressive forces in America have the toughness of character necessary to turn on the after burners and once again defeat the forces that would drag America backward.
A breeze is blowing; long white curtains are dragged sluggishly backward and forward on a pale wood floor.
In one particularly striking moment, Mr. Lofsnes grabs Alessandra Prosperi at the waist and drags her backward.
Quick left the crease to snag a puck and dragged it backward before trying to bank it off the end boards behind him, but he did not use enough muscle.
Instead of popping eyes and exaggerated gestures, Mr. Galifianakis gives him deft physical comedy -- say, a hapless yet intricate business with his feet when he's being dragged off backward by the police.
