If you draw out a sound or a word, you make it last longer than usual.
Liz drew the word out carefully. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
[Also VERBPARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
2. phrasal verb
If you draw someone out, you make them feel less nervous and more willing to talk.
Her mother tried every approach to draw her out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
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draw out in British English
verb(adverb)
1.
to extend or cause to be extended
I drew out my stay
2. (transitive)
to cause (a person) to talk freely
she's been quiet all evening – see if you can draw her out
3. Also: draw from(transitive; foll byof)
to elicit (information) (from)
he managed to draw out of his son where he had been
4. (transitive)
to withdraw (money) as from a bank account or a business
5. (intransitive)
(of hours of daylight) to become longer
6. (intransitive)
(of a train) to leave a station
7. (transitive)
to extend (troops) in line; lead from camp
8. (intransitive)
(of troops) to proceed from camp
draw out in American English
1.
to extend; lengthen; prolong
2.
to take out; extract
3.
to get (a person) to answer or talk
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Examples of 'draw out' in a sentence
draw out
Maybe more than one... Desperately, Sam tried to reach the Charter to draw out the marks needed for a magical attack.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
Chinese translation of 'draw out'
draw out
vi
draw out (of) (= leave)[train, bus]离(離)开(開) (líkāi)
⇒ The train drew out of the station.火车驶离车站。 (Huǒchē shǐlí chēzhàn.)
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Nearby words of
draw out
draw
draw in
draw on
draw out
draw out (of)
draw up
drawback
All related terms of 'draw out'
draw out (of)
( leave : train, bus ) 离(離)开(開) líkāi ⇒ The train drew out of the station. → 火车驶离车站。 Huǒchē shǐlí chēzhàn.
draw up
( stop : car, bus etc ) 停下来(來) tíngxiàlái ⇒ Just before eleven a bus drew up. → 就在11点前，一辆公共汽车停了下来。 Jiù zài shíyī diǎn qián, yī liàng gōnggòng qìchē tíngle xiàlái.
draw on
( resources draw upon 凭(憑)借 píngjiè ⇒ The company drew on its vast resources to fund the project. → 公司凭借其大量的资源为这个项目提供资金。 Gōngsī píngjiè qí dàliàng de zīyuán wèi zhège xiàngmù tígōng zījīn.
draw in
( Brit : nights ) 变(變)长(長) biàncháng ⇒ The nights draw in and the mornings get darker. → 黑夜变长，早晨天色变得昏暗。 Hēiyè biàncháng, zǎochén tiānsè biàn de hūn'àn.
to draw (out) money from a bank/an account
从(從)银(銀)行/账户(戶)上取钱(錢) cóng yínháng/zhànghù shang qǔ qián ⇒ He drew fifty pounds from his savings account. → 他从活期账户上取走了50英镑。 Tā cóng huóqī zhànghù shang qǔzǒule wǔshí yīngbàng.