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draw out
verb
- to extend or cause to be extended
he drew out his stay
- tr to cause (a person) to talk freely
she's been quiet all evening 鈥 see if you can draw her out
- Alsodraw from trfoll byof to elicit (information) (from)
he managed to draw out of his son where he had been
- tr to withdraw (money) as from a bank account or a business
- intr (of hours of daylight) to become longer
- intr (of a train) to leave a station
- tr to extend (troops) in line; lead from camp
- intr (of troops) to proceed from camp
Example Sentences
Everything about Banana Cake brings my backward glances into focus with the passing years drawing out the spaces in between the things that shook, uprooted, and sent me hurtling in a new direction.
It was their collaboration that sharpened each woman鈥檚 individual style, drawing out their differences while weaving in shared throughlines.
It draws out those delighted gasps and effusive praise: This cake is amazing!
鈥淒eath of a Unicorn鈥 is so certain that its audience will care more about the paltry laughs it can draw out of its Sackler spoofs that the finished film feels altogether smug.
But intimacy has a way of drawing out latent political tensions and making them intensely personal.
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