draw out Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
  2. verb lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
    prolong; protract; extend.
    • We prolonged our stay
    • She extended her visit by another day
    • The meeting was drawn out until midnight
  3. verb make more sociable
    • The therapist drew out the shy girl
  4. verb deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    elicit; extract; educe; evoke.
    • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
  5. verb remove as if by suction
    aspirate; suck out.
    • aspirate the wound
  6. verb remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
    take out; pull; pull out; pull up; extract.
    • pull weeds
    • extract a bad tooth
    • take out a splinter
    • extract information from the telegram

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