| 单词 | to draw blood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto draw blood PhrasesΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) l. 13 Derfliche [he] droh ham to deaðe. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 60 & te ofþunchunge þet he hefde inwið him of hare forlorenesse þe drohen [a1250 Nero drowen] him to deaðe. P2. to draw blood. a. (a) To cause a person or animal to bleed. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (intransitive)] > wound > draw blood to draw blood?c1225 to give wine1518 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 95 Pellican..draȝeð blod of his breoste & wið þet blod aquikeð eft hise briddes isleine. 1344 Petition (P.R.O.: SC 8/192/9580) Putte out Margerie of hire heritage & bete hire burste hire drou blod of hire. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 95 (MED) Þer may na maner of yrne dere him ne drawe blude of him. a1500 (a1400) Ipomedon (Chetham) (1889) l. 5486 (MED) The spere, it drew no blode. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 Their stings draw blood; And drive the Cattel gadding through the Wood. View more context for this quotation 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 61 The blow only glanced on the bone, and scarce drew blood. 1915 E. G. Venning Let. May in L. Housman War Lett. Fallen Englishmen (2002) 280 I remember falling about 10 yards ahead of my Company with a slight shrap hit in the back, that didn't even draw blood. 2016 L. Erdrich LaRose 290 LaRose turns and knife-hands Brad on the nose, drawing blood. Then he gets out of the car. (b) figurative. To do harm or damage to an enemy or opponent; (esp. of a verbal attack) to have a significant effect, to hit home. ΚΠ 1578 J. Lyly Euphues To Rdr. sig. A.iiijv Enuie braggeth but draweth no bloud. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. Iv Your wits spurs haue but walking rowels; dull, blunt, they will not drawe blood. 1856 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 189 He fetches artillery as good as the engineer's, he can make every word he speaks draw blood. 1995 Denver Post 8 Oct. a2/5 The Democratic attacks were finally drawing blood. 2012 K. Cole Poison Princess x. 91 ‘You just left me out there, Mel. You chose bros over hoes,’ I said, drawing blood. 2014 London Evening Standard 9 Oct. (West End Final ed.) 73/2 Ferrer, quickly taking charge, broke again at 4–1 and then drew blood in the decider, breaking in the third game. b. To extract blood from a person or animal for testing or (formerly) for therapeutic purposes. ΚΠ c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1906) 13* So drawith blode the waturleche..As the ventuser of rawe flesch. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 304 Þere þou lettist for to drawe blood for febilnes or for elde. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxii. 330 Blood is drawn at several Periods. 1933 S. W. Cole Pract. Physiol. Chem. (ed. 9) xv. 380 Serum is obtained by drawing blood from an arm vein. 2001 S. Khipple in N.Y. Times 13 May (Washington Final ed.) (Week in Review section) 7/3 An underling, usually a third-year medical student, assigned to perform menial tasks like drawing blood and retrieving lab results. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [verb (intransitive)] > clear table to draw the boardc1330 to draw the clothc1330 to draw the tablec1330 to take awaya1475 to take up the tablea1513 to take off1599 to clear away1711 clear1914 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 706 Cloþ and bord was drain [rhymes bayn, fayn, oȝain]. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. l. 289 Let hem abyde tyl þe bord be drawe. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 4623 Aftyr mete the cloth was drawe. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1649 (MED) The kyng spake not oon worde, Tyll men had etyn and drawen þe borde. 1613 R. Horne Christian Governour sig. C6v When men will eate till it come out at their nosthrils and drinke, till it come vp at their mouth..the Lord must needes draw the Table. a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 111 Come here, Wolley, and draw the table. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. x. 222 When the tables were drawn. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Men's Wives in Fraser's Mag. Oct. 496/2 When the cloth was drawn..he would retire to his own apartment. 1861 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon xvii, in Temple Bar June 307 The cloth has been drawn, as the reporters write of public dinners. 1909 Farmer's Advocate & Home Mag. 30 Sept. 1572/1 When the cloth was drawn, and the wine-flasks glittered ruby and golden upon the polished board, the old butler came in, bearing upon a tray a large silver box of tobacco. P4. to draw one's legs after (one) and variants (now rare): to walk very slowly or with difficulty; to drag one's feet, esp. due to tiredness, illness, or the like. ΚΠ 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 30 (note) He must walke vp and down so long vntil he feled suche weakenesse and feblenesse that he should drawe his legges after hym. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. M2 Hilario Will you march... Vbaldo I can hardly Draw my legs after me. 1736 J. Wybourne Let. in Post-Office Intelligence xxvi. 43 He [sc. the sufferer from gonorrhœa] ventures abroad in the Sunshine, drawing his Rowling-Pin-Legs after him. 1866 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 233/1 This is especially noticeable when he [sc. a lame horse] is in action,..so badly does he draw his legs after. 1923 S. O'Kelly Wet Clay xiv. 190 Luke was moodily silent, drawing his legs after him, his air that of a man who was grossly wronged. P5. to draw dry: to drain (a spring or other body of water) of all liquid; (in extended use) to exhaust or empty (something) completely. ΚΠ 1543 G. Joye Our Sauiour Iesus Christ hath not ouercharged his Chirche sig. A.iiiv Firste of all he saithe himself to be the fontaine of all goodnes, and euen that liuely plentuouse spring neuer to be drye drawne. 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 161v Thei haue diuers fayre springes, and one specially that can not be drawen drie. 1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 378 To declare..it would..drawe the veyne of mine invention drie. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxv. 33 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 185 The conduites of his store, He never dry shall draw. 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 52 Our holy Budgetters having to deal with Devils..doe..provide so many to be packed up in One Patient, as except hell be drawn dry, they can never want work. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 522 The Persian warre..[has] drawne drie his Coffers. 1721 A. Welwood Meditations 117 Is not the Fountain of Life deep? Men and Angels, is it possible you shall ever draw it dry? 1903 Fire & Water Engin. 1 Nov. 220 Thus it is not at all likely that the reservoir will be drawn dry in any year. 2001 H. Goldblatt tr. H. Chun-ming Taste of Apples 18 They'll have to draw water for that swimming pool from the well by motor, and if they draw it dry, what are we going to do with a dried-up well? P6. transitive. to draw bridle (also †to draw bit, to draw rein) and variants: to stop or slow one's horse by pulling at the reins; to pull up; (figurative) to pause, slacken speed. Frequently in negative constructions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > riding a horse (or other animal) [phrase] > stop (a horse) to draw bridle1577 to draw bit1591 to draw rein1725 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > rein in reina1525 to draw rein1725 to take up1912 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 630/1 But the Earle warned thereof, secretely departed, accompanyed only with one man, and neuer drew bridle out of hys Horses mouth, vntill he came to Readyng. 1591 E. Aggas tr. Breefe Descr. Battailes, Victories & Triumphes 14 His Maiestie found himselfe within one leage of the Duke of Mains lodging, wherupon suddenly without drawing bit, he purposed to finde him at his bed. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 171 And for three years has rid your Wit And Passion without drawing Bit. 1679 J. Somerville Memorie Somervilles (1815) II. 349 He..never drew bridle untill he came the lenth of Leads. 1725 C. Pitt tr. M. G. Vida Art Poetry iii. 109 Sometimes the god-like fury he restrains, Checks his impetuous speed, and draws the reins. 1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 35 Spendthrift alike of money and of wit, Always at speed and never drawing bit. 1834 G. P. R. James Life & Adventures John Marston Hall I. x. 113 We set spurs to our beasts, and never drew a rein for twenty miles. 1840 Goshen (Indiana) Democrat 15 Oct. A gentleman..drew bridle..in front of one of the roughest bughouses in the county. 1892 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 18 Nov. 108/2 They are frequently ridden sixty or seventy miles without drawing bit. 1941 Béaloideas 11 38 He drew bridle then and gave his steed a third drink and the strong beast cleared the sea. 1998 D. C. Pfanz R. S. Ewell xii. 177 A solitary horseman rode through the sleeping camps of the Valley Army and drew rein at Stonewall Jackson's headquarters. P7. to draw one's pen (also quill): to attack or defend a person or thing in writing. Also with against, for. Cf. sense 54a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > argue against to draw one's pen (also quill)1603 counter-argue1661 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward [verb (transitive)] > support or defend maintainc1350 to draw one's pen (also quill)1759 1603 F. Dillingham Quartron of Reasons Vnquartered 7 If the Lutherans haue changed the word Catholike in the Creede, draw your penne against them, and not against the church of England. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. A7 That this Answerer had..drawn his Pen against a certain great Man. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 151 Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill. 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 24 Nov. 245 Many members of both houses of parliament, drew their pens for the whigs. 1867 Med. Rec. 15 Apr. 86/2 We find him drawing his quill against another party, upon an equally frivolous and unfounded pretence. 1978 Mod. Philol. 76 302 Hervey in a pique drew his pen against the government and the very measures he had supported while in power. P8. a. to draw a blank: (originally) to draw a ticket in a lottery to which no prize is attached (see blank n. 4); (now figurative) (of a person) to be unsuccessful, to fail in a search or enquiry, to fail to recall or recognize something; (of a thing) to fail to produce a result, to fail to be recalled or recognized, to yield nothing. ΚΠ 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iii. i. sig. D4 Husbands are like lotts in the lottery: you may drawe forty blankes before you finde one that has any prise in him. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xxii. 213 Marriage shall prove no lottery to thee, when the hand of providence chuseth for thee, who, if drawing a blank, can turn it into a prize by sanctifying a bad wife unto thee. 1762 St. James's Chron. 12 Jan. The King of Prussia..presuming, that his Lot would at last entitle him..to his great Disappointment he drew—a Blank. 1825 Sporting Mag. 16 25/1 One hundred sovereigns is a very pretty ‘find’ in any man's pocket, and particularly so in one which is sometimes drawn a blank. 1914 Sphere 19 Dec. 296/1 She was worrying over Miss Titmus's probable annoyance at drawing a blank from her godchild. 1969 Woman 19 Apr. 36/2 Ask the health visitor to introduce you to other mothers..if you..draw a blank at the clinic. 1996 A. Ghosh Calcutta Chromosome (1997) iv. 21 The first search drew a blank, so then Antar took Ava hurrying into the Council's vast archives where the records of all the global organizations were kept. 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 89 Sami's name drew a blank, although Satish admitted that she might have been in the Unit under the previous director. 2000 Vanity Fair Oct. 152/3 Trying to recall how long she's worked at ‘the D. Q.’, she draws a blank. b. Hunting. to draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank: to search (a wood, covert, etc.) for game or a quarry without success. Also to draw blank: (of a wood, covert, etc.) to yield no game or quarry. Cf. sense 66. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons > in a search to draw (a wood, covert, etc.) blank1828 1828 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 31 Jan. The Worcestershire Hounds met at Upton Snodsbury, with a large field, but did not find, Mr. Parker therefore met yesterday at Goosehill, which he drew blank, likewise Broughton Wood. 1834 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunting Songs 7 The man..Whose heart heaves a sigh when his gorse is drawn blank. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 3 Dec. 29/3 The Laurels..and the Willows all drew blank. 1898 Forest & Stream 29 Oct. 353/1 A couple of thickets were drawn blank and then a track was found in the open pasture. 1936 Times 9 Jan. 4/5 After a long trot back to Sutton Wood hounds drew that covert blank and then went home. P9. a. to draw the line, to draw a line. (a) To determine or define a limit or boundary; to make a distinction between two things or groups. Frequently in to draw the line between.See also to draw a fine line at fine adj., adv., and n.2 Phrases 7, to draw a bright line at bright line n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discriminate, distinguish [phrase] to tell tother (or t'other) from whicha1325 can (or could) skillc1340 tella1425 to thread the difference1627 to cut (to) a thread (between)1647 to draw the line1766 1766 Scots Mag. Apr. 172/1 Here I would draw the line, Quam ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum [i.e. on either side of which right cannot be found]. 1770 Extract Let. from House of Representatives of Massachusets-Bay 16 Our wise forefathers drew a line between the supreme legislative power of the Mother-Country and the constitutional rights of her Colonies, as free-born English Subjects. 1793 Acct. Trial Fyshe Palmer 42 Such a publication is seditious; by the old law it was more, for sedition was treason. I am thankful, that our law does not go so far; but it is difficult..to draw the line. 1821 Examiner 16 Sept. 582/1 Reformers in particular must take pains to shew that they know how to draw the line between private and public feeling. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 233 In contentious suits it is difficult to draw the line between judicial decision and arbitration. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male xx. 595 If the term prostitution were to be applied to all sexual acts for which either participant received some valuable consideration, it would be impossible to draw a line between the most obvious sorts of commercialized prostitution and the relationships of every husband and wife. 2006 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 4/4 The trouble with exempting cohabiting siblings from inheritance tax is where to draw the line. How long do they have to cohabit for? What about step-siblings, or half siblings? (b) colloquial. To set a limit on what one is willing to do or accept. Frequently in to draw the line at. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > at a certain point or specified limit subsista1639 stop1737 to draw the line1839 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > refuse to do something warnc900 withsaya1225 wondec1315 refusea1325 denya1400 nayc1400 recusec1425 renayc1489 renounce1582 disclaim1586 to draw the line1839 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lii. 517 ‘We don't shave gentlemen in your line,’..‘Why, I see you a shaving of a baker when I was a looking through the winder, last week,’ said the coal-heaver. ‘It's necessary to draw the line somewheres my fine feller... We draw the line there.’ 1881 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 409/2 Feathers an' flowers is different things. You must draw the line somewhere, an' I draw it at feathers. 1956 W. E. Collinson in Moderna Språk 50 13 Even today the British printer would draw the line at the f-word used in Lady Chatterley's Lover. 1986 New Statesman 26 Sept. 24/1 Mike Terry of Anti-Apartheid says..they draw a line when it comes to British publishers making a commercial venture out of South Africa. 2018 New Yorker 10 Sept. 54/2 She drew the line at covering her hair, as some Jewish modesty laws require. b. to draw a line under (something): to regard (something) as finished or consigned to the past; to resolve not to engage in further consideration of a topic or situation, esp. one that has caused difficulty or distress. ΚΠ 1866 Standard 19 Oct. 4/5 We cannot draw the line under five millions without outraging Mr. Bright's arguments. 1886 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 15 May 5/5 He said to me ‘I have been a Liberal all my life... But now I have drawn a line under all that. Not only shall I vote for the Tories next time, but I shall try to get everyone to vote for them too’. 1928 Times 2 Nov. 13/4 Readiness..to draw a line under the events of 10 years ago and shake hands with former enemies, is the ‘foundation of the policy which led us to Locarno and which we have pursued since’. 1940 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl. 16 Sept. 6/2 We drew a line under this experiment in economic and social engineering and left the government somehow to dispose of its investment. 1968 A. Sellings Power of X iii. 38 There and then, I drew a line under the whole business, downed my pinkers and went back to Gallery O. 2011 People (Nexis) 20 Nov. 19 You hope when people die they don't suffer, but my beautiful Jo did. It was very, very painful, but it's all done and I want to draw a line under it. P10. figurative. to draw the teeth (also fangs) of (also from, out of) and variants: to render harmless or ineffectual; to reduce the power of or weaken. ΚΠ 1782 London Mag. 51 App. 599/2 His Majesty by giving a few places at court to some of the most considerable [Tories],..might draw the teeth of all the rest, and they could never more unite in opposition. 1838 Daily Herald & Gaz. (Cleveland, Ohio) 2 Apr. It may truly be said of the bill, that its fangs were drawn by the important amendments. 1845 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France III. xiii. 205 He has left them nothing to say; he has drawn their teeth. 1899 Trans. Rocky Mountain Med. Assoc. 62 Sanitary science is stamping out yellow fever; anti-toxine has drawn the fangs from diphtheria. 1924 Michigan Alumnus 24 Nov. 183/2 They had either to greatly increase the effectiveness of their own overhead attack or take measures for drawing the fangs of Michigan's. a1969 D. Heaton-Armstrong Six Month Kingdom (2005) xi. 59 In the course of the evening a plot was formed to draw Essad's fangs. 1990 Guardian 14 July 3/8 We never liked this legislation, but we feel now that we've drawn the teeth out of it. 2006 Independent (Nexis) 20 July 31 The isolation of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbolah is serving to increase extremism rather than draw its teeth. P11. to draw it mild: (originally) to dispense mild ale; (in later use chiefly figurative and colloquial) to be moderate in speech or behaviour; to refrain from exaggeration. Frequently in imperative. Hence to draw it strong: to be immoderate in speech or behaviour. Now rare. ΚΠ 1783 Morning Post 26 May Boy, bring us some ale, Draw it mild, not too stale. 1842 R. H. Barham Misadventures Margate in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 153 A pint of double X, and please to draw it mild. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing iii, in Fraser's Mag. May 606/2 Dress quiet, sir; draw it mild. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 6 Apr. Our ladies faithfully promised to ‘draw it as mild’ as possible; but when they made their appearance in most splendid array, I felt rather uncertain as to what the consequences might have been if they had drawn it strong. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Aug. 778/2 I don't feel remarkably cool, Gerty; but when you talk of ‘revolting sin and treachery’, you're drawing it rather strong. 1932 Manch. Guardian 20 Jan. 7/4 Nothing can remove me from the thought of one brief boon When January drew it mild and dropped a hint of June. P12. figurative. to draw fire (flak, etc.): to attract severe criticism or censure (cf. sense 38). ΚΠ 1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 23 Oct. If he is a candidate, he will draw a fire from both parties... Each will unite in exposing the selfishness and want of patriotism that governs him. 1847 S. Carolina Temperance Advocate 11 Mar. 142/2 They have heretofore been very cautious how they entered the arena of public discussion... The friends of temperance have at length..‘drawn their fire’, and received the contents of their first mortar. 1878 Christian Union 17 186/2 The Rev. Webster K. Pierce..and the Rev. Arthur P. Adams..have both drawn fire from the orthodox for dangerous liberalism. 1901 Era Dec. 878/1 Before she could reply, a tactful woman drew her fire. 1970 Washington Post 9 Dec. b13/2 The plan drew such flak from employee unions..that top brass looked for a bureaucratic way to bail out. 2016 M. DeSoucey Contested Tastes v. 193 Farming practices are drawing fire from animal rights and welfare groups. P13. to draw level (also to draw up level): to come from behind to a position alongside an opponent in a race; (in extended use) to come from behind to have the same score or standing as another. Frequently with a prepositional phrase introduced by with, specifying the opponent.rare in North American use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete or rival [verb (intransitive)] > be equal in a contest > become equal to draw level1857 1857 Morning Post 6 Aug. 3/3 At this point the Newcastle men, who were setting finely to their work, drew level with the Manchesters, and in the next few succeeding strokes gradually took the lead from them. 1857 Bell's Life in London 9 Aug. 6/2 Newcastle began to mend the pace, drew up level with the leading boat, and then showed in front. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 30 Apr. 249/1 They could not draw quite level, and were beaten by two to one. 1908 N. Gould Top Weight xxvi. 246 Rush's face was white as Spanker drew up level with Manon. 1932 Punch 27 Apr. 465/3 Other nations had drawn level with us. 1955 Times 1 Aug. 3/6 The South Africans have come from behind and surprised the favourites by drawing level in a Test rubber. 1998 Educ. Rev. 12 i. 73/1 They close the gap on local mono-lingual pupils by Key Stage 2, draw level by Key Stage 3 and outperform local mono-lingual pupils at GCSE. 1999 Spark Feb. 31/4 UEA converted and were back in the game at 3—2, and then had another great chance to draw level when Reading were reduced to ten men. P14. Australian. to draw the crabs. [With reference to crab shells, used with punning allusion to artillery shells.] a. Military slang. To draw enemy fire, esp. (in earliest use) artillery fire. ΚΠ 1918 Ca ne fait Rien: 6th Battalion A.I.F. 8 Mar. J. D. Johnston..being in command of those horrible people who draw the crabs, the T.M.B. 1949 F. J. Hartley Sanananda Interlude 27 Some of the Australians, not knowing how close the enemy were, became a little too venturesome, and ‘drew the crabs’. 2008 Gold Coast Bull. (Nexis) 5 Mar. 21 British military commanders have been reluctant to let..Harry..and..William..deploy to a combat zone on the..grounds that their presence, if it was known by the enemy, would draw the crabs and make life even more dangerous for their immediate comrades. b. To provoke a hostile or powerful reaction; to attract unwanted attention, esp. from people in authority. ΚΠ 1932 Queensland Times 21 Apr. 3/3 I feel prompted to ventilate my opinion in regard to war pensions and unemployment and I think the majority of fair-minded readers will agree with me. From some quarters I daresay I'll ‘draw the crabs’. 1959 Bulletin (Sydney) 23 Dec. 16/1 Most shearers are..down on men who ‘draw the crabs’ through bringing excessive grog to the huts. 2016 @hongmedia 23 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 19 Jan. 2021) Mentioning racism really draws the crabs on #auspol. There must be lots of knuckle dragging ‘supremacists’ just lurking. P15. to draw a bead on: see bead n. 4d; beauty draws more than oxen: see beauty n. Phrases 2d; to draw through the water with a cat: see cat n.1 14; dreich to draw: see dreich adj. Phrases; to draw dun out of the mire: see dun n.1 Phrases 1a; to draw to a head: see head n.1 54; to draw up the ladder after itself: see ladder n. 1c; to draw a person's leg: see leg n. Phrases 3d; to draw of life: see life n. Phrases 12a(b); to draw water to one's mill: see mill n.1 Phrases 5; to draw pig on pork: see pig n.1 Phrases 14; to draw the saw: see saw n.1 1b; one shoulder of mutton draws down another: see shoulder n. 4c(a); sink and draw: see sink v. Phrases 3; to draw the wool over a person's eyes: see wool n. 1g. < as lemmas |
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