DREW OFF Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

drew (off)

verb

Definition of drew (off)

past tense of draw (off)

as in drained

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely drew off the fat from the top of the drippings

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Still, these legal battles and the year of strikes drained the UMWA financially.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
The soil is just as dense, heavy, and poorly drained as ever.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026

Definition of drained

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The rest of the fields rely on water pumped from underground, and that’s also getting squeezed as California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act kicks in.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
At the hospital, the doctor pumped Isul’s stomach and gave her fluids.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of pumped

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On the bridge, Sam taunts his brother before getting sucked out a hole in the observation window, graphically.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Often, compositions came from MacLeod watching a YouTube video, thinking the music sucked, then trying to make something more suitable.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

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