draw out
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Verb[edit]
draw out (third-person singular simple present draws out, present participle drawing out, simple past drew out, past participle drawn out)
- 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.
- To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
- To extract, bring out, as concealed information; elicit; educe.
- To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.
- They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.
- (by extension) To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.
- She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.
- (poker) To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To leave the place (of an army), etc.
- 1732, Memorials of the English Affairs:
- That the Scots Army drew out upon a March, and the English Army drew out to attend them, but could not engage them, by reason of a Bog and great Ditch between the two Armies, only they discharged their great Guns at one another, […]
Translations[edit]
to make something last for more time than is necessary
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to physically extract
to extract, bring out
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to entice or force from a hiding place
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poker: to improve a losing hand
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