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 drew down
Levi’s, too, drew down on sales, selling 82 percent of jeans at promotional rates this year compared with 90 percent last year.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drew down
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The trio were indicted in May and accused of falsifying loan applications to get federal pandemic relief funds and money meant for Brown’s nonprofit that was spent on a lavish birthday party and Louis Vuitton items.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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McLendon has spent the last two seasons on the practice squad prior to making his Dolphins debut during the season finale against the New England Patriots.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Renner allegedly consumed a bottle of wine.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
8 Nov. 2025
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The organ is dropped on the floor and a dog in the waiting room, who'd accidentally consumed marijuana, snaps it up and runs away with it.—
Ana Calderone,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Wilson’s departure leaves Mizzou without both of its starting edge rushers from last season, as Zion Young exhausted his eligibility.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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Back and forth, back and forth, until both are exhausted.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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During the final week, the crew worked nonstop for sixty hours in a heat wave that parched energy and drained our bodies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Victor’s Botafogo team-mate Cuiabano — a 22-year-old left-back or winger who was undergoing his medical as a frustrating afternoon played out — is expected to be confirmed as summer signing number 10 today.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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The extraordinary drama played out overnight on a holiday weekend and vaulted from tarmacs in Texas to a courtroom in Washington.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Sep. 2025
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While many areas are seeing visibility reduced to between one and three miles, patchy dense fog is reducing visibilities to as low as one quarter mile in spots.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Jan. 2026
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Unable to turn back against the strong currents of the Napo, the party, now reduced to just 50, carried on downriver toward the Amazon.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Like all of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, it was filtered through charcoal before barreling, part of the Lincoln County process, but only through three feet instead of the usual 10 feet according to Fletcher (there’s less corn in the mashbill, and therefore less oil to be absorbed).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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Holding inventory becomes more expensive as carrying costs rise, and those costs either need to be recouped when selling to retailers or absorbed.—
Amalia Roy,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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As the fuel is used up, it is collected at the bottom of the vessel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Oct. 2025
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After a few days, when these reserves are all used up, the body turns to stored fat and the liver converts the fat into ketones.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Drew down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drew%20down. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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