ALL meanings of draw up
draw up
D d - verb without object draw up to attract customers, an audience, etc.: Our newspaper advertisement drew very well. 1
- verb without object draw up to pull back the string of a bow in preparation for shooting an arrow. 1
- noun draw up an act of drawing. 1
- noun draw up something that attracts customers, an audience, etc. 1
- noun draw up something that is moved by being drawn, as the movable part of a drawbridge. 1
- noun draw up something that is chosen or drawn at random, as a lot or chance. 1
- noun draw up drawing (defs 5, 6). 1
- noun draw up a contest that ends in a tie; an undecided contest. 1
- noun draw up Also called draw play. Football. a play in which the quarterback fades as if to pass and then hands the ball to a back, usually the fullback, who is running toward the line of scrimmage. 1
- noun draw up Poker. a card or cards taken or dealt from the pack. draw poker. 1
- noun draw up Physical Geography. a small, natural drainageway with a shallow bed; gully. the dry bed of a stream. Chiefly Western U.S. a coulee; ravine. 1
- noun draw up the pull necessary to draw a bow to its full extent. 1
- noun draw up an amount regularly drawn, as from a drawing account. 1
- noun draw up a fund, as an expense account or credit line, from which money may be withdrawn when needed. 1
- noun draw up Horology. the tendency of a tooth of an escape wheel to force toward the center of the wheel a pallet engaging with it. 1
- idioms draw up beat to the draw, to react quicker than an opponent. 1
- idioms draw up draw oneself up, to assume an erect posture. 1
- idioms draw up luck of the draw. luck (def 10). 1
- verb draw up (Transitive Verb) To compose a document, especially one having a standard form. 0
- verb draw up (Transitive Verb) To arrange in order or formation. 0
- verb draw up (Transitive Verb) Cause to come to a halt. 0
- verb draw up (Intransitive Verb) Come to a halt. 0
- verb draw up To withdraw upwards. 0
- phrasal verb draw up If you draw up a document, list, or plan, you prepare it and write it out. 0
- phrasal verb draw up If you draw up a chair, you move it nearer to a person or place, for example so that you can watch something or join in with something. 0
- phrasal verb draw up If you draw yourself up, you make your back very straight. 0
- verb draw up to come or cause to come to a halt 0
- verb draw up to prepare a draft of (a legal document) 0
- verb draw up to formulate and write out in appropriate form 0
- verb draw up to straighten oneself 0
- verb draw up to form or arrange (a body of soldiers, etc) in order or formation 0
- noun draw up to arrange in order; marshal 0
- noun draw up to compose (a document) in proper form; draft 0
- noun draw up to bring or come to a stop 0
- noun draw up to raise one's shoulders and pull one's limbs close to the body; huddle 0