DREW UP Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

drew up

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past tense of draw up

as in stopped

to bring (something) to a standstill he drew up his horse outside the tavern

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as in classified

to put into a particular arrangement drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

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as in prepared

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 drew up In the 1990s, Cisco drew up a similar proposal. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 June 2026 Executives drew up projections for what that would mean. —

David Folkenflik, NPR, 18 May 2026 The architect who drew up the cabin’s blueprints worked under a contract, like Davis. —

Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026 With 45 seconds left in the fourth and the score all even at 103, Bickerstaff drew up an isolation for Cunningham after a timeout. —

Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 14 May 2026 Sengun’s attempt at a game-winner when he got stood up by Jaxson Hayes on a turnaround baseline floater wasn’t the play the Rockets drew up, Udoka said. —

Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026 The companies, working with Oz Architecture, drew up plans for a 17-story tower with about 400 units. —

Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026 Behind the scenes, her military reportedly drew up plans to blow up airfields in the event of an American invasion. —

Nikhil Kumar, Time, 15 Apr. 2026 The man who drew up the game-winning play in the College Football Playoff National Championship game for Indiana almost never went into football at all. —

Bob Pompeani, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

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The catcher was hitless in his previous 30 at-bats before connecting for his first homer this season Saturday night, a two-run shot in the seventh inning of a 3-2 win that stopped San Diego's six-game losing streak.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 8 June 2026
In Pixar’s Cars, the Cozy Cone Motel was inspired by the Blue Swallow Motel, and Bob Dylan even stopped to paint it around 2019.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026