Draw out

verb

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Verb
  1. 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. 2
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    cause to speak wordnet
  5. 5
    To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
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  1. 6
    remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense wordnet
  2. 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."

  3. 8
    remove by suction wordnet
  4. 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."

  5. 10
    deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) wordnet
  6. 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."

  7. 12
    make more sociable wordnet
  8. 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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