DRAWING UP Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

drawing up

verb

Definition of drawing up next

present participle of draw up

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill he drew up his horse outside the tavern

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as in classifying

to put into a particular arrangement drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

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as in preparing

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval

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Recent Examples of drawing up With 80-120 active members and monthly tournaments drawing up to 80 players, the club thrives on human interaction. —

Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026 As a Biden aide told us, allocating scarce vaccines felt like drawing up Schindler’s list. —

Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026 Geno Auriemma and his players drawing up plays with breakfast items for a hotel chain. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026 British ministers are drawing up plans to send minesweeping drones to the Strait of Hormuz after Iran threatened ships traveling through the vital oil route. —

Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026 Ryan was heavily involved with drawing up trick plays for former Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and is lauded for his creativity. —

Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Certain assistants are also tasked with drawing up each opponents’ plays as part of weekly preparation. —

Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2026 While the Blue Lagoon—its waters milky with mineral-rich silica—remains the most famous, drawing up to a million visitors a year, smaller, less touristy lagoons have been appearing across the country, from Sky Lagoon on Kársnes Harbour near Reykjavik to Forest Lagoon in Iceland’s far north. —

Rick Jordan, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026 Santa Clara police, who have been drawing up security for 49ers games and other major events since the venue opened in 2014 — and who helped host Super Bowl 50, the stadium’s first NFL championship, in 2016 — have been guarded about releasing even broad security details. —

Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026

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Let’s imagine—in a case of truly terrible architectural planning—that there is only one extremely slow elevator, stopping at each floor and taking one minute per floor.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Schools brought in counselors for the victims’ young classmates and community leaders called for a citywide reckoning on stopping domestic violence.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026