DRAW IN Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

draw in

verb

Definition of draw in

as in to rope (in)

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Recent Examples of draw in The clubs played to a scoreless draw in Austin to close out March. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The two clubs played to a scoreless draw in Austin to close out March. — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Mamma sat down to the piano, and we to a table, there to paint and draw in colours and pencil. — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 Neither the Falcons nor the Saints is much of a national draw in its current form. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for draw in

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And Michael was obviously the most on my case, and there was no persuading him otherwise.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Oct. 2026
In 2020, Ben Motal aptly persuaded the Court of Appeals that the FOIA's right to copy records includes photographing them, after Little Rock incredibly barred him from snapping a picture of an accident report.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of persuade

Verb

There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.

— Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026

Definition of snow

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Last month, the parent company of the new Texas Stock Exchange raised $155 million in a third funding round meant to lure companies away from the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

— Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Once Anchovy Jack settled in one area, rescuers lured him into a humane trap.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of lure

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The last crime, a blackmail scheme that involved hiring a prostitute to seduce his sister’s husband, suggests a dubious approach to conflict management.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Will Stewart be seduced into the path of corruption by using Sinestro’s emotionally tainted battery, or steel himself against ill influences and continue to blaze his own trail as Earth's sole protector for the time being?

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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