draw up

English

Verb

draw up (third-person singular simple present draws up, present participle drawing up, simple past drew up, past participle drawn up)

1. (transitive) To compose a document, especially one having a standard form

   I asked my lawyer to draw up a new will.

2. (transitive) To arrange in order or formation

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

3. (transitive) Cause to come to a halt

   Draw up the carriage just around the corner!

4. (intransitive) Come to a halt
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass

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.

Translations

compose a document

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: laatia (fi)

Italian: stilare (it) Norwegian: sette opp (no) Polish: sporządzić (pl)

arrange in order or formation

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: koota (fi) Norwegian: stille opp (no)

come to a halt

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: pysäyttää (fi)

Anagrams

• updraw
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