DRAWING UP Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

drawing up

verb

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 its forces on high alert, Israel is drawing up operational plans for a further escalation in the US-Iran conflict, three Israeli sources said, but for now remains on the sidelines and has no imminent plans to join. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 21 July 2026 Calamos Global Dynamic Income might be drawing up another peak, which would give some would-be investors pause. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Even more intriguing was this follow-up report in which Deadline revealed that Sky top brass, led by American exec Dana Strong, are already drawing up plans to get the likes of SNL UK and The Day of the Jackal on to ITV’s main network. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 July 2026 As much as Netflix has been making moves to incorporate AI, the company has been cautious too, drawing up guidelines last August for the usage of generative-AI tools in its productions. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 But the real test now is drawing up an equivalent blueprint for Bangladesh, where Epic Group still remains deeply entrenched. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 The winning play was prefaced by Raptors assistant Amar Batra drawing up a play for Baron, whom Edina had been guarding with a short-stick defender. — Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026 Some medical clinics advertise microdosing Zepbound by drawing up less than the full amount in the single-use vial, but this has not been studied, and there is a risk of contaminating the vial by using it more than once. — Jody Dushay, STAT, 29 May 2026 His Interior Department has lifted Biden-era restrictions barring drilling across much of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and is now drawing up plans to streamline permitting for oil projects in the territory. — Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 24 May 2026

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The brakes, while cable-operated, do an effective job of slowing and stopping the Vienna.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In Calabria, Costarella of the Civil Protection Department warned that stopping arson would take a societal shift.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of stopping

Verb

This timeline refutes the notion that classifying obesity as a disease is driven by commercial interests by drugmakers.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 July 2026
In the most recent legislative session, Holscher introduced a bill to move marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug, classifying it among less addictive and harmful drugs.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Definition of classifying

Verb

As the first games were preparing to begin, the administration continued to find itself under global scrutiny for its visa decisions, such as denying entry to a referee from Somalia who had won accolades for his officiating.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
After two years of preparing for the $250 million conversion of the Enfield Square Mall to housing, Woodsonia Real Estate has apparently lost its purchase agreement and now its plan is sidelined or dead.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of preparing

Verb

Earlier in the day, the sharp decline in the Kospi prompted the Korea Exchange to activate a sell-side sidecar on the index, temporarily halting program trading.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Justina Lee, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Turk filed for bankruptcy in June 2025 — halting any litigation from moving forward without permission from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas.

— Taylor O'Connor July 17, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

Definition of halting

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In an Instagram Story shared on her official page, the Duchess of Sussex could be seen slicing strawberries into heart shapes and arranging them on a red swirl bagel with a pink spread.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Hamilton devoted herself to making sense of the stories, arranging them in some kind of order and sequence, ironing out contradictions.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of arranging

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Emmy-winning composer David Fleming (Widow’s Bay, Superman, HBO’s The Last of Us) was also revealed as the game’s composer, marking his video game composing debut with the main title theme, Logan, now available on all music platforms.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
The dots composing the words move up the screen while the rest of the pinpoints move downward, generating a visual opposition that the human mind can detect and discern.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of composing

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Landlords found other ways to circumvent the law, such as pressuring residents into making side payments and stalling paperwork.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
The influx of moisture and that storm system’s stalling front have already produced bands of rain in eastern Tennessee, southern Virginia and northern North Carolina.

— Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of stalling

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The director of the 2028 iteration of the Aichi Triennale, one of the largest international art festivals in Japan, will be Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, the event’s organizing committee announced on Friday.

— News Desk, Artforum, 24 July 2026
In April, Ukraine imposed sanctions on five Russian cultural figures involved in organizing the country’s contribution.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

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