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drew upon

drew upon is the simple past of draw upon.

Meaning of draw upon

Verb

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

  1. To appeal to, make a demand of, rely on; to utilize or make use of, as a source.
    Synonyms:
    draw on

Questions about drew upon

What is drew upon the simple past of?
Drew upon is the simple past of draw upon.

Words near drew upon in the dictionary

  1. drew through
  2. drew to a close
  3. drew to an end
  4. drew together
  5. drew up
  6. drew upon
  7. drewe
  8. Drewery
  9. Drewerys
  10. Drewes
  11. drewest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drew upon (page history and authors); draw upon (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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