draw attention
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
draw attention (third-person singular simple present draws attention, present participle drawing attention, simple past drew attention, past participle drawn attention)
- to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something.
- Please be quiet. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves.
- I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the chart.
- 1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:
- The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.
Translations[edit]
to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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