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Draw up

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan. transitive

    "I asked my lawyer to draw up a new will."

  2. 2
    make up plans or basic details for wordnet
  3. 3
    To arrange in order or formation. transitive

    "Sergeant, please draw the men up in ranks of three."

  4. 4
    come to a halt after driving somewhere wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause to come to a halt. transitive

    "Draw up the carriage just around the corner!"

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  1. 6
    cause (a vehicle) to stop wordnet
  2. 7
    To come to a halt. intransitive

    "The tractor drew up alongside the haystack."

  3. 8
    straighten oneself wordnet
  4. 9
    To withdraw upwards.

    "1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up. Within the arch, the bulky figure of Sir George Lynn, whom Mr. Rochester had likewise chosen, was seen enveloped in a white sheet."

  5. 10
    form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers wordnet

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