Draw+out

  • 1draw out — draw (something) out 1. to make something last longer than is usual or necessary. I can t see any reason to draw the investigation out any longer. She paused to draw out the suspense. 2. to completely explain something. Historians have to draw… …

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  • 2draw out — draw (someone/something) out to persuade someone to express their thoughts and feelings. She was good at drawing out young people and getting them to talk about their dreams. She worked hard to draw out all the different opinions people had …

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  • 3draw out — index compose, continue (prolong), disinter, distill, educe, elicit, evoke, exhaust ( …

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  • 4draw out — phrasal verb Word forms draw out : present tense I/you/we/they draw out he/she/it draws out present participle drawing out past tense drew out past participle drawn out 1) [transitive] to make something continue longer than usual This action… …

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  • 5draw out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you draw out a sound or a word, you make it last longer than usual. [V n P] Liz drew the word out carefully. [Also V P n (not pron)] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you draw someone out, you make them feel less nervous and more willing to… …

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  • 6draw out — verb a) To make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend. It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us. b) To physically extract, as blood from a vein. They used raw meat to… …

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  • 7draw out — phr verb Draw out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑train Draw out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑account, ↑implication, ↑knife, ↑money, ↑syllable …

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  • 8draw out of — phr verb Draw out of is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑train Draw out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑account, ↑bag …

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  • 9draw out by compulsion — index extort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 10draw out by force — index extort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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