as in spent
to make complete use of
I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition
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Recent Examples of drawn down
As the acting Navy secretary noted in the congressional hearing, the US needs to replenish arms stockpiles drawn down by the Iran war.
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Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Strategic petroleum reserves have also been released and commercial inventories drawn down, the CEO said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Greater imports would build more robust inventories, which could be drawn down in a crisis to limit price spikes.
—Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Stockpiles have been drawn down.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
The club has in place credit lines totalling €475m, of which only €99m had been drawn down at the end of last year.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The goal was to build up large trust fund reserves in advance to be drawn down later.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
The deal would have drawn down punishing 50 percent duties on Indian imports (raised by 25 percent in August 2025 due to the country’s purchasing of Russian oil) to just 18 percent.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
Large reservoirs such as Lake Norman and Lake James are typically drawn down during winter months for lake management and flood control.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
Strategic petroleum reserves have also been released and commercial inventories drawn down, the CEO said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Greater imports would build more robust inventories, which could be drawn down in a crisis to limit price spikes.
—Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Stockpiles have been drawn down.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
The club has in place credit lines totalling €475m, of which only €99m had been drawn down at the end of last year.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The goal was to build up large trust fund reserves in advance to be drawn down later.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
The deal would have drawn down punishing 50 percent duties on Indian imports (raised by 25 percent in August 2025 due to the country’s purchasing of Russian oil) to just 18 percent.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
Large reservoirs such as Lake Norman and Lake James are typically drawn down during winter months for lake management and flood control.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn down
Verb
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Toomey spent an afternoon with Hulst in his final weeks.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Crow and Creepy, the call signs of two soldiers from the 24th Mechanized Brigade, have spent 344 and 334 days respectively, non-stop, in frontline dugouts.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Like everything else that works here, Brie’s performance wrests the last scraps of freshness from a mode of filmmaking this movie knows is played out, but doesn’t have the particular strength to reinvent.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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This is the fourth consecutive spring that some version of this scene has played out on Chicago’s lakefront.—
Desmon Yancy,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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But once their fuel is used up, which happened just two minutes and 8 seconds after liftoff on this flight, the boosters' 16 different separation motors ignite to push the boosters away from the rocket and one another.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
26 May 2026
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That oil donation was used up in early May and Cubans are regularly suffering blackouts that last most of the day if not the entire day.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Discussing the subject with an older person who is suffering from chronic pain, is worried about paying for health care or medications, and is exhausted from caregiving is untimely to say the least.—
Helen Dennis,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
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Most of the benefits from larger tax cuts have already been exhausted, Zandi said.—
Alex Harring,Deena Zaidi,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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