draw sth down
— phrasal verb with draw uk/drɔː/us/drɑː/verb drew, drawn
to take an amount of money that has been made available:
We took out a bank loan which allowed us to draw down sums of money as we needed them.
to use part of a supply of goods; to reduce the number or amount of something:
The stocks of ammunition were drawn down to almost zero.
The president is discussing how quickly we should draw down our troops in the area.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- removable
- remove
- remover
- root
- rout
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
See more results »