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draw the crabs1Australian military slang Attract enemy fire: a lone tank drew the crabs on them...- He reckoned it made him stand out when he got out into the jungle, and 'draw the crabs'.
- He and his men no longer cared, however, now that Murdoch's struggles could not draw the crabs on them.
- As you might imagine these draw the “crabs” and the enemy shelled us for a week.
1.1Australian informal Attract unwanted attention: once a complaint is made it has to be investigated, thereby drawing the crabs...- Public killing 'draws the crabs'; kill a few men, and suddenly the constabulary is all over you.
- Its inherited job is to 'keep the media barons happy with government while drawing the crabs of public opinion away from making the government accountable'.
- The women are pretty ratty on Daph for drawing the crabs, and so is her boss for that matter.
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