Definition of Draw up

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

Generic synonyms: Form, Organise, Organize

2. Verb. Straighten oneself. "He drew himself up when he talked to his superior"
Exact synonyms: Pull Up, Straighten Up
Generic synonyms: Straighten
Derivative terms: Pull-up

3. Verb. Cause (a vehicle) to stop. "He pulled up the car in front of the hotel"
Exact synonyms: Pull Up
Category relationships: Driving
Generic synonyms: Stop
Related verbs: Haul Up, Pull Up

4. Verb. Make up plans or basic details for. "Frame a policy"
Exact synonyms: Compose, Frame
Generic synonyms: Plan
Derivative terms: Framer, Framing

5. Verb. Come to a halt after driving somewhere. "The chauffeur hauled up in front of us"
Exact synonyms: Haul Up, Pull Up
Category relationships: Driving
Generic synonyms: Halt, Stop
Related verbs: Pull Up

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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