draw up

verb

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Examples: draw up in a Sentence

Definition of draw up

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

: to come to a halt

the car drew up at the door

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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 of draw up from the Web

Andrew Snyder, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in the Baltimore-Washington area, said the more recent storm gained strength as moisture was drawn up from the Gulf of Mexico.

— kris maher, WSJ, "Flood Warnings in Effect in Parts of West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia," 4 June 2018
Should courts step in when lawmakers draw up new district maps that favor their party?

— kaitlyn schallhorn, Fox News, "Supreme Court to tackle immigration, voting rights, unions: A look at major cases on justices' agenda," 4 June 2018
In Georgia, Fannin County this month became just the second school district in the state to draw up a policy allowing some staff to carry guns, despite the state adopting the law opening the door in 2014.

— Anchorage Daily News, "Plans to arm teachers may face big roadblock - insurance companies," 27 May 2018
In Georgia, Fannin County this month became just the second school district in the state to draw up a policy allowing some staff to carry guns, despite the state adopting the law opening the door in 2014.

— todd c. frankel, chicagotribune.com, "Efforts to arm teachers resisted by one key group: insurance companies," 26 May 2018
Gwozdz became more involved in offensive game planning, taking time out of his hectic schedule to draw up plays with Kingman.

— nate weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, "Name the perfect student-athlete: Middleborough’s Evan Gwozdz," 18 May 2018
How stakeholders would work together with leagues and lawmakers — either in states or in Washington — to draw up the specific regulatory framework that would satisfy all players, however, remains the million-dollar question.

— NBC News, "As states race to launch sports betting, calls grow for Congress to protect games' integrity," 14 May 2018
Each year, the British Fashion Council joins forces with Vogue to draw up a shortlist of designers to watch, before awarding one of them a £200,000 grant and a year-long mentoring scheme.

— A-LIST, "Social Light: The 2018 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Party," 3 May 2018
The traditional route is for one person’s lawyer to draw up a first draft and send it to the other person’s lawyer to negotiate, but Israel strongly discourages this back-and-forth approach, which often spawns passive-aggression and sour grapes.

— charlotte cowles, The Cut, "What Is a Prenup? A Soon-to-Be-Married Person’s Guide," 19 Apr. 2018

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