Synonyms of drew up

drew up

verb

past tense of draw up

1

as in stopped

to bring (something) to a standstill

he drew up his horse outside the tavern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopped
• halted
• caught
• stalled
• brought up
• pulled up
• arrested
• checked
• stayed
• blocked
• held up
• fetched up
• stilled
• hindered
• suspended
• held back
• held
• impeded
• ended
• cut off
• obstructed
• stemmed
• turned back
• concluded
• snagged
• detained
• baffled
• balked
• clogged
• terminated
• dammed
• blockaded
• reined (in)
• suppressed
• discontinued
• called
• bottlenecked
• choked off
• stunted
• repressed
• squashed
• squelched
• stanched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• carried on
• kept (on)
• continued
• kept up
• persisted
• ran on
• moved
• went along
• proceeded
• advanced
• marched
• progressed
• followed through (with)
• pushed
• fared
• stirred
• drove
• propelled
• spurred
• actuated
• impelled
• wended
• goaded
• budged

2

as in classified

to put into a particular arrangement

drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classified
• arranged
• organized
• ordered
• laid out
• disposed
• ranged
• systematized
• placed
• codified
• arrayed
• marshaled
• made up
• straightened (up)
• groomed
• aligned
• set out
• displayed
• filed
• lined up
• lined
• set
• mapped (out)
• tidied (up)
• spruced (up)
• cued
• sequenced
• prioritized
• emplaced
• queued
• hierarchized
• alphabetized
• unscrambled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• upset
• messed (up)
• mussed (up)
• disordered
• deranged
• disarranged
• rumpled
• disarrayed

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepared
• composed
• drafted
• put together
• wrote
• crafted
• formulated
• framed
• cast
• made
• built
• shaped
• stated
• formed
• expressed
• molded
• constructed
• assembled
• fashioned
• devised
• sculptured
• fabricated
• penned
• worded
• conceived
• authored
• concocted
• phrased
• couched
• compounded
• verbalized
• pieced (together)
• indited
• reformulated
• reframed
• redrafted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drew up

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

So Lee drew up a play that spread the floor for Ball and gave him a chance to isolate against a defender in the middle of the floor. —Doug Haller, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

Saiyub's mother even drew up a chair. —Diaa Hadid, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026

In the 1980s, the area was eyed as a potential world headquarters for Apple and, in the 1990s, Cisco drew up a similar proposal. —Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 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

After Ike’s dunk got the Zags within 69-68 with 40 seconds left, Miller called timeout and drew up a play that got Heide free in the corner. —Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026