draw out
[verb]
Synonyms: extend, drag out, lengthen, make longer, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch, string out

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draw out phrasal verb (see also draw)

1. draw something ↔ out to take money from your bank account

2. draw somebody ↔ out to make someone feel less shy and more willing to talk:
She just needed someone to draw her out and take an interest in her.

3. draw something ↔ out formal to mention a particular piece of information and explain it clearly and in detail:
There are two major themes to be drawn out in this discussion.

4. draw something ↔ out to make an event last longer than usual:
The final question drew the meeting out for another hour. ⇒ drawn-out

5. British English if the days or nights draw out, it stays light until later in the evening because summer is coming

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

draw out
draw (someone/something) out
to persuade someone to express their thoughts and feelings.
She was good at drawing out young people and getting them to talk about their dreams.

She worked hard to draw out all the different opinions people had.

draw (something) out
1.
to make something last longer than is usual or necessary.
I can't see any reason to draw the investigation out any longer.

She paused to draw out the suspense.

2.
to completely explain something.
Historians have to draw out, analyze, and judge the importance of the actions of others.

draw (something) out
1.
to make something last longer than is usual or necessary.
I can't see any reason to draw the investigation out any longer.

She paused to draw out the suspense.

2.
to completely explain something.
Historians have to draw out, analyze, and judge the importance of the actions of others.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

draw something out
draw (someone/something) out
to persuade someone to express their thoughts and feelings.
She was good at drawing out young people and getting them to talk about their dreams.

She worked hard to draw out all the different opinions people had.

draw (something) out
1.
to make something last longer than is usual or necessary.
I can't see any reason to draw the investigation out any longer.

She paused to draw out the suspense.

2.
to completely explain something.
Historians have to draw out, analyze, and judge the importance of the actions of others.

draw (something) out
1.
to make something last longer than is usual or necessary.
I can't see any reason to draw the investigation out any longer.

She paused to draw out the suspense.

2.
to completely explain something.
Historians have to draw out, analyze, and judge the importance of the actions of others.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

draw out
to make a person talk or tell something
The girl was very quiet but we were able to draw her out and she began talking.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

draw out
v. phr.
1. To take out; remove.
Johnny drew a dollar out of the bank to buy his mother a present.
The hunter drew out his gun and shot the snake.
2. To make (a person) talk or tell something.
Jimmy was bashful but Mrs. Wilson drew him out by asking him about baseball.
3. To make come out; bring out.
The bell of the ice-cream truck drew the children out of the houses.
Mary was drawn out of her silence by Billy's jokes.
4. To make longer or too long; stretch.
The Smiths drew out their vacation at the beach an extra week.
It was a long drawn out meeting because everybody tried to talk at once.
Mary and her mother drew out their goodbyes so long at the bus station that Mary almost missed the bus.

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