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.

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Romero missed the 2-2 draw against Bodo/Glimt with a knock and returned to face Leeds. Mark Carey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 The 40-year-old hit the back of the net twice in Portugal’s 2-2 draw against Hungary to become the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup qualifying history. Ben Church, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 But then the Americans impressed in a 2-0 win over Japan — 19th in FIFA’s world ranking compared to South Korea’s 23rd — and opened its latest camp with a 1-1 draw against Ecuador in Austin, Texas. Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for draw against

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“Draw against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draw%20against. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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