Antonyms for draw out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : draw

Phonetic Transcription : drɔ

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Definition of draw out

Origin : c.1200, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb; past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "carry" (cf. Old Norse draga "to draw," Old Saxon dragan, Old Frisian draga, Middle Dutch draghen, Old High German tragen, German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhragh- (see drag (v.)).
Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning "pull out a weapon" is c.1200. To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank "come up with nothing" (1825) is an image from lotteries. As a noun, from 1660s; colloquial sense of "anything that can draw a crowd" is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s).

verb prolong

Example sentences :

A partner has the right to draw out any, or all, of the partnership funds.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Would you choose that I should draw out the story to five volumes more?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Instead she caught the chance to draw out of me all I had learned from the harbor.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

To draw out the pomp and circumstance of opening the conference?
Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe

Scale and draw out the entrails of the fish without opening the belly, give them a wash, and let them drain from the water.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

But how will they draw out the plan of which you are speaking?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

They should be sharp-tipped so as to draw out easily and smooth throughout.
Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon

But it was the instinct of both to draw out the visitor's confidence.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

Isn't it I am praying you to draw out of it in time, for all our sakes?
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

What a confounded fool I was not to draw out when Upton wished it!
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for draw out

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