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
When the Sierra snowpack melts early, not only do the plants and soils dry out faster, but the reservoirs, once drawn down, aren’t steadily replenished by snow that melts through the late spring and summer.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 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
The American Red Cross is also reporting a shortage of blood and platelets, with the supply being drawn down by 35% over the past month.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The city found the $12 million allotted for that was not being fully drawn down this year.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Infected for generations, communities in poverty are drawn down into survival mode.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 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
The American Red Cross is also reporting a shortage of blood and platelets, with the supply being drawn down by 35% over the past month.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
The city found the $12 million allotted for that was not being fully drawn down this year.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Infected for generations, communities in poverty are drawn down into survival mode.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn down
Verb
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In Yunnan, Hyland spent much of her time around Dali, a once-small mountain town that has cycled through various incarnations through the years.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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For much of the season’s first three months, the 30-year-old Dane spent time flanking Sebastian Aho on the top line or teamed up with second-year forwards Logan Stankoven and Jackson Blake.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Similar scenes played out over seven decades across the region.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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These scenarios played out again and again, undoubtedly hundreds of thousands of times.—
Barbara Byer,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the Middle East conflicts of 2025, most estimates have it that nearly a quarter of the stocks of the Army’s high-altitude interceptor, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile, were consumed; a comparable number may have been used up in the current conflict.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Linda Bilmes, a Harvard expert on the cost of wars, told me that the United States used up more than 20% of its entire worldwide stockpile of THAAD interceptors last year defending Israel during the 12-day war with Iran.—
Nicholas D. Kristof,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Morehouse gives out $10 million in endowed scholarships every year, plus another $3 million to close the funding gap for students who have exhausted all other options.—
Jason Armesto,
AJC.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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As investors, including Marc Andreessen, warn that AI companies are ‘running out’ of high‑quality human data and studies project that public web data for training could be exhausted within the next decade.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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