draw out
verb
drew out; drawn out; drawing out; draws out
transitive verb
1
: remove, extract
2
: to extend beyond a minimum in time : protract sense 1
3
: to cause to speak freely
a reporter's ability to draw a person out
Synonyms
- drag (out)
- elongate
- extend
- lengthen
- outstretch
- prolong
- protract
- stretch
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the actor refused to draw out the interview any further
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
draw out
verb
as in to lengthen
to make longer the actor refused to draw out the interview any further Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lengthen
- increase
- stretch
- extend
- drag (out)
- prolong
- elongate
- protract
- expand
- outstretch
- amplify
- enlarge
- thin
- attenuate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cut
- reduce
- shorten
- curtail
- decrease
- cut back
- diminish
- abbreviate
- abridge
- lessen
- thicken