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draw out
verb
- to extend or cause to be extended
he drew out his stay
- tr to cause (a person) to talk freely
she's been quiet all evening – see if you can draw her out
- Alsodraw from trfoll byof to elicit (information) (from)
he managed to draw out of his son where he had been
- tr to withdraw (money) as from a bank account or a business
- intr (of hours of daylight) to become longer
- intr (of a train) to leave a station
- tr to extend (troops) in line; lead from camp
- intr (of troops) to proceed from camp
Example Sentences
“Death of a Unicorn” is so certain that its audience will care more about the paltry laughs it can draw out of its Sackler spoofs that the finished film feels altogether smug.
But intimacy has a way of drawing out latent political tensions and making them intensely personal.
Audiences only have so much patience for drawing out the unexplained, however minor.
"I think you have to draw out the positives from the performance. It's small margins in football. If we make those tweaks, it takes us to another level."
The operations team in charge uses paper and digital maps to continuously draw out the fire’s movement and evacuation zones.
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