draw outn.
/ˈdrɔː(r) aʊt/, U.S. /ˈdrɔ ˌaʊt/, /ˈdrɑ ˌaʊt/ Now rare.
A letterpress printing fault caused when the roller pulls out a loose type.
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1892 Printing World 25 Mar. 108/2 If, on going over the forme, any of the lines or blocks were loose they should, to avoid ‘draw outs’, be tightened by inserting the extra spaces, leads or cards required.
1932 J. A. Place & E. Clunes in W. Atkins Art & Pract. Printing II. iv. 52 Make sure that the forme is perfectly locked up, and that the spacing of the composed matter is perfect; otherwise trouble may occur with rising quads, break-offs, and draw-outs.
1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 110/1 Draw out, a printing fault caused when the roller pulls out a loose type.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
> as lemmas
to draw out
to draw out [compare outdraw v.] 1.
a. transitive. To pull or take (something) out; to extract, remove.Quot. lOE could alternatively be interpreted as showing prefixed outdraw v.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by force, effort, or contrivance
to draw outOE
outdrawlOE
drawc1300
win out1362
out-wina1425
windc1535
extract1628
exact1647
exforcipatea1834
to winkle out1942
OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 25 Apr. (2013) 86 Sume godwrece men..brudon rap on his sweoran ond hine drogan ut æfter þæm stanum on ðære eorðan.
lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 454 Me mæig in Maio & Iunio & Iulio on sumera fealgian, myxendincgan ut dragan, lochyrdla tilian.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2956 Heo unbunde þa locun, drowen ut þa baiȝes, þa palles & þa purpres.
c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) l. 455 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 14 Þe Aumperour drouȝ out is swerd.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 19500 Oute he droȝ baþe wiue and man.
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 608 It is nedefulle þat it be drawen oute [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. drawen vp; L. extirpetur] wiþ yren or with medecynes.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxi. 58 Than they tooke lond and drew out theyr horses.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 24 Then in rage and sudden rapture drew out his Knife.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ix. 97 Other knaves..take as much for Drawing out an Old Tooth, as would buy a Sett of New ones.
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xiii. 278 Kill your Pig, dress off the Hair, and draw out the Entrails.
1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. xiii. 215 Then Jack drew his shooter out and shot Billy Bill through the head.
1898 Med. Summary 20 98/1 I..have seen it [sc. Boralide] draw out the pus from small and large abscesses.
1934 E. Podolsky Med. marches On v. xvi. 140 The iron lung forced air into his paralyzed chest and drew it out again.
2016 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Apr. 54/3 He drew out his billfold and emptied it of money.
b. intransitive. To come out when pulled; to be pulled out.
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1673 N. Grew Let. 11 Dec. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1975) X. 394 They can by no means be conceiv'd, upon a divulsion of ye barque from ye wood, to draw out, but to break off short.
1849 A. Harris Guide Port Stephens 89 The fish-spear is jagged in such a manner that, being once driven in, it will not draw out, but brings the fish out with it.
1891 Longman's Mag. Nov. 69 The harpoon did not penetrate sufficiently..and therefore drew out.
1893 Field 4 Mar. 335/1 A drawer should be fitted..so as to draw out..and shut back..in a moment.
1903 Iron Age 12 Nov. 69/2 In pulling out the swivel turns straight up, in which position the pin draws out easily.
1993 Ideas for Great Kids' Rooms 76 Be sure the trundle draws out smoothly, and that your child can handle it alone.
2. † b. transitive. With in, into: to render (a text) into another language or style of writing; to translate. Cf. sense 23. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To write or compose (something, esp. an official document); to draw up. Also: to delineate. Now somewhat rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)]
writeeOE
drawa1398
descrivec1400
describe1538
to draw forth1539
to set out1545
design1570
to draw out1576
detrain1587
lineate16..
linea1616
redraw1728
society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draw up document
writeOE
makec1300
drawc1390
to make upa1425
to make out1465
prepare1562
to draw up1623
scriven1742
to draw out1773
redact1837
a1400 Mirror (Hunterian 250) (2003) Prol. 3 And þerfor ich haue sette myn herte for to drawen out a litel tretice of diuinite.
1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 377 (note) It passeth my capacitie to drawe out his portrayture in sufficient livelynesse.
1613 R. Cocks Let. 30 Nov. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 99 Mr Adams hath drawn out the plot of Japan.
1705 J. Blair in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 151 A copy..which he promised as soon as it could be fair drawn out.
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 27 Bring us the bill of fare... I believe it's drawn out.
1826 Examiner 190/2 Leases..were drawn out and founded on the basis of that monopoly.
1861 Temple Bar May 248 The [marriage] settlements were permitted to be drawn out.
1901 R. Kipling Kim vii. 163 Draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
1968 Daily Democrat (Woodland, Calif.) 27 Mar. (Davis ed.) [He]..requested the city draw out an agreement that the union does, in fact, represent the public works department field employes.
2018 Times of India (Nexis) 8 Jan. He said his sons had forced him to draw out a will in their favour.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > translate [verb (transitive)]
setc888
wendeOE
turnc1175
writec1275
drawa1325
translatea1375
expound1377
takea1382
interpret1382
transpose1390
remue?a1400
renderc1400
put?a1425
to draw outa1450
reducec1450
compile1483
redige?1517
make1529
traducea1533
traduct1534
converta1538
do1561
to set out1597
transcribe1639
throw1652
metaphrase1868
versionize1874
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 1064 (MED) He which In Romawnce this drow Owte [Fr. qui le translata en romant], he knew ful lytel Of Seynt Graal.
c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 325 (MED) A lytele schort tretyse..drawne owt in englische of þat deuowt contemplatyfe boke wrytene clergialye in latyne.
c1500 in F. J. Furnivall Gild of St. Mary, Lichfield (1920) 14 It ys a-Greyde that the Statutis..shalbe draue owt in-to Englyshe.
3.
a. transitive. To pull out (something) to a greater length or size; to stretch, elongate; to flatten out (metal). Cf. sense 41.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen > by drawing out
drawa1398
to draw abroada1400
to draw out1484
wire-draw1598
rope1798
1484 Rolls of Parl.: Richard III (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §26. m. 18 Clothes..ben sett uppon tayntours and drawen out in leyngh and brede.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D7 They cause it [sc. cloth] to be tentered, racked, and so drawne out, as it shall be both broader, and longer than it was.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 505 The other sort of copper..yeeldeth to the hammer and will be drawne out, whereupon some call it Ductile.
1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 137 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. One may draw it out in Threads like hot Sealing-wax.
1708 Cowell's Law Dict. at Chafery At this Chafery they draw out the Anconies into finisht Bars.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxxvii. 259 He drew out his face, glouting, to half the length of my arm.
1841 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2 ii. 222 The spores were lengthened, or drawn out into a short pedicel.
1883 Items of Interest Aug. 329 Put them together into the machine for drawing out wire, and watch the process. You would finally have a wire fifty miles long, no larger than the finest hair.
1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 587/2 The light from the star passing through the prism and being drawn out into a spectrum without the use of a slit.
1946 W. B. Honey Victoria & Albert Mus. Glass i. 8 Softened glass is readily drawn out into threads.
2007 C. Evans & G. Rydén Baltic Iron in Atlantic World Eighteenth Cent. ii. 139 Blister steel was routinely drawn out into slimmer bars.
b. transitive. To extend the duration of (something); to protract, prolong.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
lengOE
drawOE
teec1200
forlengtha1300
lengtha1300
drivec1300
tarryc1320
proloynec1350
continuec1380
to draw alonga1382
longa1382
dretch1393
conservea1398
to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400
prorogue1419
prolongc1425
aroomc1440
prorogate?a1475
protend?a1475
dilate1489
forlong1496
relong1523
to draw out1542
sustentate1542
linger1543
defer1546
pertract1548
propagate1548
protract1548
linger1550
lengthen1555
train1556
detract?a1562
to make forth (long, longer)1565
stretch1568
extend1574
extenuate1583
dree1584
wire-draw1598
to spin out1603
trail1604
disabridge1605
produce1605
continuate1611
out-length1617
spin1629
to eke out1641
producta1670
prolongate1671
drawl1694
drag1697
perennate1698
string1867
perennialize1898
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > extend or prolong
to draw out1542
to drive out1572
wire-draw1598
overspina1643
to spin out1673
1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier vi. sig. D.iijv Neyther maye he vse many wordes, nor draw out his prayer on a great length, but speake fewe wordes, yea & those symple, playne and homely.
1565 tr. Origen Homilie of Marye Magdalene sig. D.viv His Iournye muste be drawne out three daie longe.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 23 To peize the time, To ech it, and to draw it out in length.
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 36 In notes, with many a winding bout Of lincked sweetnes long drawn out.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlvii. 515 To draw out time, and weary them.
a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 30 I Prayed often, and drew out my Prayers to a great length.
1893 Temple Bar Sept. 68 Breakfast was drawn out to a most unusual length.
1991 Atlantic Mar. 90/1 With abandon..she draws out the laugh as long as possible, winding up with a chuckle.
2003 High Country News 20 Jan. 3/1 Imperial drew out the negotiation process to the last possible moment.
2009 Time Out Mallorca & Menorca 139/2 Sitting down at one of the cafés in the Plaça Major and drawing out lunch..for hours at a time.
c. intransitive. Of a succession of days or evenings in spring or summer: to become longer. Cf. to draw in 6b at Phrasal verbs 1.
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1874 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 142/1 In the spring, as the evenings draw out, there is almost always something to be done even after the labourers have left.
1892 R. Irwin Hist. Nineteenth Army Corps xviii. 207 As the summer days drew out and the heat grew more intense, the brooks dried up.
1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress (1947) viii. 162 Mrs. Hunter..greeted Mrs. Belton with affability and said how nice it was to feel the days drawing out.
2010 Where to Go When Great Brit. & Ireland 45 As the evenings draw out, even the arts events spill outside.
4. Military.† b. transitive To lead out (one's troops) in preparation for battle or some purpose; to detach (troops) from the main force for a particular purpose; to draw up (troops) in formation. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. Of troops: to move out of camp or quarters.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > move or march > out of camp or quarters
to draw out1525
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxxiii. f. xxxixv/1 Paraduenture by that tyme your enemyes wyll assemble togyder and drawe out in to the felde whan ye take leest hede therto.
a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca i. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Gggg2/1 To morrow we'll draw out, and view the Cohorts.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 10 Three score of us then drew out.
1709 Tatler No. 42. ⁋14 Draw out Company by Company, and Troop by Troop.
1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough II. 177 Some sixty or seventy Irish Dragoons ‘drew out’..and took up a threatening position.
2015 H. J. Redman Frederick the Great & Seven Years' War ii. vi. 50/2 The army was ordered to draw out from their tents into lines preparing for battle.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > detach for special purpose
to draw out1587
detach1684
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops)
raya1387
impale1553
to draw out1587
body1603
to draw up1608
re-form1753
form1816
1587 J. Polemon 2nd Pt. Bk. Battailes sig. D Vsing the counsaile of Biron, he drew out 200. horses of his troupes, making a good number of Harquebuziers to march on his right side.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 88 Next morning drawing out his men [he] assayles him.
1684 True Copy Jrnl. Tryal Charles I 8 Serjeant Dendy about twelve of the clock of the same day, accompanied with ten Trumpets and Two Troops of Horse, drawn out for that purpose in Paul's Church-Yard, himself mounted, bearing his Mace.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. App. 50/1 Four Companies of these were drawn out as Forlorns.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 85 The King ordered the Regiment to be drawn out.
1809 W. Godwin Hist. Rome 79 Brennus drew out a select party, and ordered them to scale the hill on that side at midnight.
1866 T. Carlyle Inaug. Addr. Edinb. 177 Thirty-thousand armed men, drawn out for that occasion.
1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War iii. 36 I resolved to draw out the whole of the troops and the Wanganui natives, as a reconnaissance in force, to prove to the enemy that the tents were not unoccupied.
1917 Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gaz. 7 Sept. 1/7 The troops were drawn out in regimental squares, and the formation seemed formidable.
5. transitive. To call (something) forth; to elicit; to make a person divulge (something). Frequently with from, out of. Cf. sense 79a.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > elicit or call forth
movea1398
drawa1400
provoke?a1425
askc1450
to draw out1525
to stir up1526
allure?1532
suscitate1532
to call out1539
to draw fortha1569
draw1581
attract1593
raise1598
force1602
fetch1622
milka1628
invite1650
summon1679
elicit1822
to work up?1833
educe1840
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxiv. f clxiiiv/2 He was a man by reason of his fayre langage, to drawe out by one meanes or other the secretes of ons herte.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iv. xiii. 204 To drawe out from vs an accusation of forraine Churches.
1615 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions II. iv. iii. 58 Flaviaenus B. of Antiochia, who with great dexteritie drew out a Confession out of the mouth of Adelphius, an aged man.
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici v. 87 Not one word would have been spoken against Athanasius, had it not been..drawn out by the Flattery and Insinuation of the Arians.
1729 N. Lardner Vindic. Three of Saviour's Miracles iii. 105 Nothing can draw out from him any word, that has the appearance of boast or vanity.
1777 F. Burney Let. 27 Mar. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 224 Useful in drawing out the Wit & pleasantry of others.
1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 215 The bench interrogating the prisoner, and drawing out indiscreet avowals.
1857 Daily Courier (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 14 May 2/1 A Buffalo Jew, pretending to be deaf and dumb, got a railroad pass at Syracuse, for Buffalo, through the sympathy that he drew out from the Superintendent.
1990 C. Williamson in Weird Tales Fall 65/2 Her voice, as she tried to draw out his secrets over dinner, was cawing, strident.
2000 P. Thompson Voice of Past (ed. 3) iv. 157 Detailed questions can draw out the particular facts and accounts of everyday life which the social historian may be seeking.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > drawl
to draw outc1540
drawl1643
train1647
trail1891
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 78v Diamed full depely drough out a laughter.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. sig. A Hearing him drawe out his wordes so softly and so weakely.
1676 tr. St. Bernard in J. Tillotson Rule of Faith iii. iv. 225 The Priests, almost universally, have much ado to read, though but in an haesitating and spelling fashion, drawing out one syllable after another, without understanding either the sense of what they read, or the words.
7.
a. transitive. To persuade or entice (a person or animal) to come out into the open or leave a place of safety or comfort; to lure (a person or animal) out.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > entrap, ensnare [verb (transitive)] > into a place, action, etc.
betrayc1250
weyec1315
deceivea1375
to draw out1579
fond1628
drill1662
seduce1673
surprise1696
to rope into1859
forset1872
steer1889
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 203 He vnderstoode they were counterfeate letters, made by Hannibals fine deuise to haue drawen him out..for whom him selfe laye..in ambushe.
1690 tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. ix. 316 They marched to New-Castle, and threatning to besiege it, they endeavoured by Contumelies and Big Words, to draw out the Enemy.
1763 H. S. J. Giral del Pino Dict. Spanish & Eng. I. at Hiena A beast supposed to be like a wolf, with a mane like a horse, which in the night counterfeits a human voice near shepherds cottages, to draw them out and devour them.
1814 Let. 7 Aug. in Niles' Weekly Reg. 27 Aug. 436/2 I..endeavoured to draw him out to see him and try his strength—for this purpose I sent the rifle corps through the intervening woods.
1964 Western Kansas Press (Great Bend, Kansas) 21 Aug. 2/8 A chipmunk..set up housekeeping under the seat of their car... Attempts to draw the animal out with crackers..have failed to dislodge him.
2016 Hindu (Nexis) 29 Jan. All I wanted to do was hit the comfortable bed at Rose Inn... But the..strains of bagpipes in the distance and the lure of watching a stunning sunset drew me out.
b. transitive. Sport. To force (an opponent) out of position or into making an unwise move by tactical play.
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [verb (transitive)] > other actions or types of play
outshoot1545
football1599
pitch1717
make1819
to warm up1868
to draw out1893
bench1898
foot1900
cover1907
cannonball1911
telegraph1913
unsight1923
snap1951
to sit out1955
pike1956
to sit down1956
wrong-foot1960
blindside1968
sit1977
1893 M. Donovan Sci. Boxing 24 Feinting is..important..in..boxing. Its object is to deceive your opponent as to your intentions, and draw him out to ascertain his mode of attack and defence.
1973 Daily Pennsylvanian 9 Oct. 6 We knew they were using a sweeper, so we had to run to the corners to draw him out.
2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 June He's a yard ahead of the defender as he tries to draw the keeper out and slot it across him towards the far corner.
8. transitive. To withdraw (money) from a bank or other institution.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > withdraw (money)
to call out1682
to draw out1745
withdraw1776
1745 Gen. Advertiser 30 Sept. A certain noted Gentleman hath distinguished himself by drawing out the Sum of 5000 l. which he had in the Bank, carrying the Money to a Banker, changing it for Bank Notes, drawing out his Cash again, and so continuing the same Round till he was discovered.
1796 R. Bage Hermsprong III. iv. 40 By a clause in the annuity agreement, he agreed to forfeit one half of it, if ever he drew out the last of the 15000l. deposited for his gaming fund.
1861 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon xxxii, in Temple Bar Dec. 20 Paying in money, and drawing money out, at his employer's bank.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 3/1 Banking credit..which I can draw out wholly in gold or bank-notes, or which I can cheque out in settlement of my debts.
1959 I. Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions 313 I..drew out the $160 I had in a savings bank.
2001 J. Murphy Kings of Kilburn High Road i, in Two Plays 17 Scrimp an' save till I've about a grand in the bank. I puts me good suit on, draws the grand out an' next thing yeh know I'm Lord Muck.
9. transitive. colloquial. To elicit information from (a person); to induce (a person) to talk without restraint or reserve. Cf. sense 83.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > indirectly or cautiously
feel1425
undermine1574
sound1575
undercrop1596
to draw out1778
1778 F. Burney Let. 21 Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 83 She did not..use any means to draw me out.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iv. vi. 188 But shy, quite too shy; no drawing her out.
1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV lxxxii. 46 He had the art of drawing people out, Without their seeing what he was about.
1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden III. 295 Joice steadily resisted all efforts to draw her out.
1977 L. R. Banks Path to Silent Country (1988) i. iii. 51 Several people made efforts to draw her out, but the relentless literalness of her replies to witticisms soon damped the conversational energies of all but the most determined.
1992 InterCity Mag. Feb. 21/3 Dining with Japanese business people, allowing himself to relax and be drawn out, letting his wit and humour flow.
2002 J. Kellerman Murder Bk. 127 The leader tried to draw her out, but Caroline never talked, would just stare at the floor and pretend not to hear.
10. intransitive. Chiefly Horse Racing. To get gradually further ahead of an opponent in a race.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > gain ground
draw1823
to draw out1838
to draw up1843
1838 Amer. Turf Reg. & Sporting Mag. Nov. 497 Ratler, however, lapped him at the half mile post, but Dutchman soon after drew out in front again.
1892 Standard 10 Aug. 7/5 The favourite drew out and won by two lengths.
1902 Manch. Courier 17 Mar. 7/7 Oxford drew out and led at Hammersmith in 9min. 56 sec.
2000 Ledger Disp. (Calif.) (Nexis) 13 Sept. (Sports section) 8 He battled wheel-to-wheel and, instead of fading from the lack of activity, once into the lead, he drew out to take the checkered flag.
2018 Ruidoso (New Mexico) News (Nexis) 3 Aug. a9 In the stretch, Fast Gator exerted herself and easily drew out to the four-length victory.
11. transitive. To pick out and draw attention to (something); to highlight, tease out.
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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] > strikingly
to set out1577
illustrate1603
to stick off1613
signalize1624
to draw out1855
spotlight1907
highlight1922
limelight1927
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to > render outstanding
aggravate1549
accent1595
to lay weight upon1600
emphase1631
circumflect1643
to lay (also place, put) stress on (also upon)1653
to set home1656
forestall1657
circumflex1661
signalize1698
to lay stress, weight, emphasis on or upon1748
emphasize1793
accentuate1817
stress1845
to rub in1851
to draw out1855
underline1880
punctuate1883
peak1887
underscore1891
to point up1926
1855 Christian Examiner July 88 Many sentences from this version..would also be admitted by the best skilled interpreters of Scripture to relieve an obscurity, to draw out the significance,..in one or another passage.
1861 Christian Reformer Dec. 740 Here and there..we may find some name which is or ought to be familiar to us, and you will allow me to draw them out from these long catalogues of the forgotten.
1989 Sunday Times (Nexis) 19 Mar. Further analysis..draws out the implications of the coming economic squeeze for different sectors of the economy.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 25 Apr. 62/2 This collection of original costumes and other Jedi-type artifacts are placed among pieces of fine art to draw out the similarities.
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