draw yourself up
— phrasal verb with draw uk/drɔː/us/drɑː/verb drew, drawn
to make yourself look bigger by standing straight with your shoulders back, usually to try to seem more important:
Like a lot of short men, he tends to draw himself up to his full height in public.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch (sth) up
- coarsen
- collapse
- creased
- crinkle
- crumple
- fold
- pucker
- pumice stone
- roll sth up
- roughen
- round sth off
- sand
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- smooth
- steady
- straighten
- straighten up
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