draw up

Definitions

1. 1

   To compose (a document), especially following a standard form

   To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.

   • I asked my lawyer to draw up a new will.
   • Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
   • Plans were drawn up and things looked promising for a physical connection to be made during a line possession in October 2019.
2. 2

   To arrange in order or formation.

   • Sergeant, please draw the men up in ranks of three.
3. 3

   To cause to come to a halt.

   • Draw up the carriage just around the corner!
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   1. 4

      To come to a halt.

      • The tractor drew up alongside the haystack.
      • The tide was out, and we drew up amid the strong bracing smell of seaweed, with gulls screeching, wheeling around, and gliding on the wind.
   2. 5

      To withdraw upwards.

      • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up. Within the arch, the bulky figure of Sir George Lynn, whom Mr. Rochester had likewise chosen, was seen enveloped in a white sheet.

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