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Definition of Draw off

1. Verb. Remove by drawing or pulling. "Draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"

2. Verb. Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source). "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

Definition of Draw off

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) to remove by using a siphon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw Off

draw a blank draw a line draw a line in the sand draw and quarter draw attention draw away draw back draw bridge draw close draw down

draw even draw in draw left draw level draw near draw off (current term) draw on draw one's last breath draw out draw play

draw poker draw raise draw raises draw rein draw right draw sheet draw sheets draw straws draw stumps draw the curtains

Literary usage of Draw off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"The king resolved to make Waller draw off from that advantage ground, where he had stood two days: and, in order thereunto, marched away, as if he would ..."

2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"draw off ю gallons by a gentle tire, and dulcify with fine fugar. ... 12 gallons and a half; water, one gallon : draw off ten gallons with a moderate fire. ..."

3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"draw off, retire ... pull (]. draw) one's gloves off [on], pull (l. draw) off [on] one's gloves, take one's gloves off, take off one's gloves; ..."

4. The Scholar's Arithmetic; Or, Federal Accountant...: The Whole in a Form and by Daniel Adams (1830)
"If a vintner be desirous to draw off a pipe of Canary into bottles, containing pinte, quarts, and 2 quarts, of each an equal number, how many • mast he hare ..."

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