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draw out

English

  1. 🔊 cause to speak
    “Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet”
  2. 🔊 make more sociable
    “The therapist drew out the shy girl”
  3. 🔊 remove by suction
    “aspirate the wound”
  4. 🔊 lengthen in time
    “We prolonged our stay”
  5. 🔊 deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    “We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant”
  6. 🔊 remove, usually with some force or effort
    “pull weeds”

Similar words

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