draw against

idiom

British

: to choose (a team) to play against (another team) without knowing which teams are being chosen (as by drawing names)

The French team have been drawn against Greece in the first round.

Examples of draw against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Wave are coming off a 1-1 draw against the Portland Thorns, where midfielder Savannah McCaskill scored her first goal of the season in the 56th minute. —Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025

Here, in the 2-2 draw against Manchester City in the same month, Pep Guardiola’s side have seven zonal defenders, Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva (red) man-marking Munoz and Lerma, and Savinho (white) protecting against the short option. —Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025

Juventus managed to come from behind to rescue a 4-4 draw against visiting Borussia Dortmund thanks to a late equalizer by Lloyd Kelly (90+6’). —Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Amid a federal immigration crackdown, the Mexican national team’s tour stop in Oakland on Saturday — that ended in a 0-0 draw against Japan — drew some concern that such a concentrated gathering could become a target for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). —Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for draw against

• recommenced
• recompensed
• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed