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drew and quartered

drew and quartered is the simple past of draw and quarter.

Meaning of draw and quarter

Verb

draw and quarter (third-person singular simple present draws and quarters, present participle drawing and quartering, simple past drew and quartered, past participle drawn and quartered)

  1. (historical, transitive) To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To severely punish or criticize someone.

Questions about drew and quartered

What is drew and quartered the simple past of?
Drew and quartered is the simple past of draw and quarter.

Words near drew and quartered in the dictionary

  1. drew a sober breath
  2. drew a sponge over the slate
  3. drew a straight furrow
  4. drew a veil over
  5. drew ahead
  6. drew and quartered
  7. drew attention
  8. drew away
  9. drew back
  10. drew blood
  11. drew breath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drew and quartered (page history and authors); draw and quarter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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