draw out
verb
drew out; drawn out; drawing out; draws out
transitive verb
1
: remove, extract
2
: to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract sense 1
3
: to cause to speak freely
a reporter's ability to draw a person out
Synonyms
- drag (out)
- elongate
- extend
- lengthen
- outstretch
- prolong
- protract
- stretch
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Example Sentences
the actor refused to draw out the interview any further
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
drawing out 1 of 2
noun
as in extension
the act of making longer the tedious drawing out of wool into thread that was required before weaving Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- extension
- stretching
- lengthening
- elongation
- prolongation
- prolonging
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- curtailment
- shortening
- abbreviation
- cutback
- abridgment
- abridgement
drawing out
2 of 2verb
as in lengthening
to make longer the actor refused to draw out the interview any further Synonyms & Similar Words
- lengthening
- increasing
- extending
- dragging (out)
- stretching
- prolonging
- protracting
- elongating
- expanding
- outstretching
- enlarging
- thinning
- amplifying
- attenuating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cutting
- shortening
- reducing
- curtailing
- cutting back
- abridging
- decreasing
- diminishing
- lessening
- abbreviating
- thickening