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Draw out
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- 1 To make (something) last for more time than is necessary; to prolong; to extend.
"It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us."
- 2 lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer wordnet
- 3 To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
"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."
- 4 cause to speak wordnet
- 5 To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
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- 6 remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense wordnet
- 7 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."
- 8 remove by suction wordnet
- 9 To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative. broadly
"She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out."
- 10 deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) wordnet
- 11 To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
"Jill had a flush on the turn, but Jimmy drew out by completing a full house on the river."
- 12 make more sociable wordnet
- 13 To leave the place (of an army), etc. intransitive, obsolete
"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, […]"
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