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draw up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of draw up

1 to bring (something) to a standstill

  • he drew up his horse outside the tavern
Synonyms of draw up

arrest, bring up, catch, check, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop
Words Related to draw up

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 of draw up

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

2 to put into a particular arrangement

  • drew up the troops into a line along the ridge
Synonyms of draw up

arrange, array, classify, codify, dispose, lay out, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize
Words Related to draw up

groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up)

unscramble

align (also aline), cue, line, line up, queue

alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence

emplace, place, set

display, map (out), set out
Antonyms of draw up

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

3 to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

  • draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval
Synonyms of draw up

cast, compose, craft, draft, formulate, frame, prepare
Words Related to draw up

fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape

couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word

author, indite, pen, write

conceive, concoct, devise

build, construct, make

assemble, compound, piece (together)

redraft, reformulate, reframe
Phrases Synonymous with draw up

put together

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