draw out — draw (something) out 1. to make something last longer than is usual or necessary. I can t see any reason to draw the investigation out any longer. She paused to draw out the suspense. 2. to completely explain something. Historians have to draw… … New idioms dictionary
draw out — [v] prolong attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lead on, lengthen, make longer, prolongate, protract, pull, spin, spin out*, stretch, string out*, tug; concepts 236,239,245 Ant. clip, shorten … New thesaurus
draw out — ► draw out 1) make (something) last longer. 2) persuade to be more talkative. Main Entry: ↑draw … English terms dictionary
draw out — index compose, continue (prolong), disinter, distill, educe, elicit, evoke, exhaust ( … Law dictionary
draw out — verb 1. cause to speak, Can you draw her out she is always so quiet (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑reach out • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer (Freq. 1) We prolonged o … Useful english dictionary
draw out — phrasal verb Word forms draw out : present tense I/you/we/they draw out he/she/it draws out present participle drawing out past tense drew out past participle drawn out 1) [transitive] to make something continue longer than usual This action… … English dictionary
draw out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you draw out a sound or a word, you make it last longer than usual. [V n P] Liz drew the word out carefully. [Also V P n (not pron)] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you draw someone out, you make them feel less nervous and more willing to… … English dictionary
draw out — verb a) 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. b) To physically extract, as blood from a vein. They used raw meat to… … Wiktionary
draw out — phr verb Draw out is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑train Draw out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑account, ↑implication, ↑knife, ↑money, ↑syllable … Collocations dictionary
draw out of — phr verb Draw out of is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑train Draw out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑account, ↑bag … Collocations dictionary