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
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
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Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of the church’s Nativity scene.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
The Commission, which is the bloc’s executive arm, is carrying out the investigation under the EU’s longstanding competition regulations, rather than its newer Digital Markets Act that was drawn up to prevent Big Tech companies from monopolizing online markets.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
The executive order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a new task force to challenge state laws, and directs the Commerce Department to draw up a list of problematic regulations.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Draw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draw%20up. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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