draw up
verb
drew up; drawn up; drawing up; draws up
1
: to bring (a body of troops) into array
2
: to prepare a draft or version of
draw up plans
3
: to bring to a halt
4
: to straighten (oneself) to an erect posture especially as an assertion of dignity or resentment
: to come to a halt
the car drew up at the door
Synonyms
Examples of draw up in a Sentence
he drew up his horse outside the tavern
drew up the troops into a line along the ridge
Recent Examples on the Web
To ensure it was consistently done with sensitivity, CRI-Help drew up a script for staffers, emphasizing that consenting to a search would help maintain a safe facility.
—
Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
And the painting does not appear in Lilly Lieser’s declaration of valuable assets that all Jews in Germany and Austria had to draw up for the Nazis in 1938.
—Scott Reyburn, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Abby, please encourage your readers to make the time and make the effort to have an advance directive drawn up, whatever their desires may be.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
In the face of a worsening housing shortage, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), made up of regional lawmakers, drew up the housing target, which would require the addition of more than 87 units per day.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Several nations have offered to donate doses, and one vaccine manufacturer has drawn up plans to scale up production.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
Even the meeting’s location had a sinister resonance: Potsdam is not far from Wannsee, where the Nazis drew up plans for the logistics of the Holocaust in January 1942.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
But many others still flocked to North and Central Texas, which had some of the longest totality times in the country and were expected to draw up to a million travelers — and a sizable corresponding boom in business.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
In the second, after Alabama took an early lead and the crowd began thinking monumental upset, Connecticut coach Dan Hurley drew up a play during a timeout to work the ball inside to his 7-2 guy for an easy basket.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
And the painting does not appear in Lilly Lieser’s declaration of valuable assets that all Jews in Germany and Austria had to draw up for the Nazis in 1938.
—Scott Reyburn, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Abby, please encourage your readers to make the time and make the effort to have an advance directive drawn up, whatever their desires may be.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
In the face of a worsening housing shortage, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), made up of regional lawmakers, drew up the housing target, which would require the addition of more than 87 units per day.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Several nations have offered to donate doses, and one vaccine manufacturer has drawn up plans to scale up production.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
Even the meeting’s location had a sinister resonance: Potsdam is not far from Wannsee, where the Nazis drew up plans for the logistics of the Holocaust in January 1942.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
But many others still flocked to North and Central Texas, which had some of the longest totality times in the country and were expected to draw up to a million travelers — and a sizable corresponding boom in business.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024
In the second, after Alabama took an early lead and the crowd began thinking monumental upset, Connecticut coach Dan Hurley drew up a play during a timeout to work the ball inside to his 7-2 guy for an easy basket.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Draw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draw%20up. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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