drawing out

Verb

draw out (third-person singular simple present draws out, present participle drawing out, simple past drew out, past participle drawn out)

1. To make (something) last for more time than is necessary; to prolong; to extend.
   • It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us.
2. To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
   • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
3. To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
4. To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.
   • They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.
5. (broadly) To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.
   • She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.
6. To redraw an electoral district in order to make it unlikely a particular candidate or party will win it.

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