draw out

English

Verb

draw out (third-person singular simple present draws out, present participle drawing out, simple past drew out, past participle drawn out)

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. To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     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.

3. To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
4. 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.

5. (by extension) To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.

   She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.

6. (poker) 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. (obsolete, intransitive) To leave the place (of an army), etc.
   • 1732, Memorials of the English Affairs:

     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, […]

Translations

to make something last for more time than is necessary

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: trække ud, forhale (da) Finnish: pitkittää French: faire durer, prolonger (fr) Italian: prolungare (it) Latin: prōrogō Norwegian: Bokmål: hale ut Nynorsk: hale ut Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: dra ut på tiden (sv), förhala (sv) Turkish: uzatmak (tr)

to physically extract

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: trække ud Finnish: valuttaa (fi), vuodattaa (fi) French: extraire (fr), prendre (fr) Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

to extract, bring out

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: trække frem Finnish: paljastaa (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: sonsacar (es)

to entice or force from a hiding place

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: lokke frem Finnish: houkutella (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

poker: to improve a losing hand

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: trække sig Finnish: parantaa (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• outdraw, outward