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draw up

verb

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

First Known Use of draw up

1605

draw up Synonyms

Synonyms

arrest, bring up, catch, check, ¹halt, fetch up, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop

Antonyms

derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, upset

Related Words

baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem; conclude, cut off, end, terminate; call, discontinue, suspend; choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

Near Antonyms

carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on; advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend; actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir

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