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9 English Phrasal Verbs With 'DRAW'

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9 phrasal verbs with 'DRAW'

Draw back

  1. Retreat, move backwards
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He DREW BACK when the dog barked.

Draw down

  1. Reduce levels
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The administration want to DRAW DOWN troop numbers as soon as they can.
  2. Get funding
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The college wants to DRAW DOWN extra funding for IT provision.
  3. To deplete by consumption or heavy spending
    (Separable [optional] | American English)
    » Example: Gas reserves were DRAWN DOWN in the recent cold spell.

Draw even

  1. Equalize one’s competitive position
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The exhausted horse DREW EVEN at the finish line.

Draw in

  1. Get dark earlier
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The nights are DRAWING IN now it's winter.
  2. Arrive at a station (for trains)
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The train DREW IN and we got off.

Draw into

  1. Get involved in something unpleasant
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I didn't want to take sides because I didn't want to get DRAWN INTO their arguments.

Draw on

  1. Pass slowly (time)
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: As the lesson DREW ON, the students started to get bored.
  2. Inhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, etc
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: He DREW ON his cigarette and coughed.
  3. Exploit or use knowledge, skills or information for a specific purpose or aim
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: The training DRAWS ON the expertise of various people.

Draw out

  1. Make something continue longer than needed
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The director DREW the meeting OUT with a lengthy speech.
  2. Make a shy person more outgoing
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: He was so quiet at first, but the teacher managed to DRAW him OUT and get him to participate.

Draw up

  1. Prepare a contract
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The contract was DRAWN UP by our solicitor.
  2. When a vehicle stops
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The police car DREW UP alongside him at the red lights and asked him to pull over.

Draw upon

  1. Exploit or use knowledge, skills or information for a specific purpose or aim
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I DREW UPON my previous experience to find the solution.

Take our Exercise on 'DRAW'

Quiz for Verb: 'To DRAW'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Draw out' means...

'Draw down' means...

'Draw in' means...

'Draw down' means...

'Draw into' means...

'Draw on' means...

'Draw up' means...

'Draw down' means...

'Draw even' means...

'Draw out' means...

 

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