Lexic.us

Definition of Draw up

1. Verb. Form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers.

2. Verb. Straighten oneself. "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"

3. Verb. Cause (a vehicle) to stop. "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"

4. Verb. Make up plans or basic details for. "Frame a policy"

5. Verb. Come to a halt after driving somewhere. "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"

Definition of Draw up

1. Verb. (transitive) To compose a document, especially one having a standard form ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To arrange in order or formation ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) Cause to come to a halt ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) Come to a halt ¹

5. Verb. To withdraw upwards ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw Up

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 draw the line draw the short straw draw together draw up (current term) drawable drawback drawbacks drawbar

drawbars drawbench drawbenches drawbolt drawbolts drawbore drawbored drawbores drawboring drawboy

Literary usage of Draw up

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

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"In short, they advised the gentlemen who consulted them to draw up a minute of the proceedings; after which they would give their decision. ..."

2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"and Friends have been to admonish them in a gospel-way, and they still go on in their wickedness and do not repent; Friends may draw up a paper at their ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"He was appointed one of the committee to draw up a scheme for a new constitution (ib. ii. 149: cf. Memorial«, iv. 385). On 1 Nov. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1841)
"The defendants to have a week to draw up the rule; and if not drawn up within that time, the rule to be discharged with costs. SWEETING v. ASPLIN. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... in all the diets held to restore peace to the Church; and was one of the committee appointed to draw up a refutation of the Confession of Augsburg. ..."

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