Meaning of draw on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To sketch or mark with pencil, crayon, etc., on a given surface.
   literally
2. To appeal to, make a demand of, rely on; to utilize or make use of, as a source.
3. To advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
4. To approach, come nearer, as evening.
5. To put on (a garment).
   transitive
6. To draw the trigger of a gun, so as to fire upon (something).
   transitive

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Examples

“Without the proper resources, the young manager drew on his imagination to solve the crisis.”

“January 19 1782, Benjamin Franklin, letter to John Jay but I would have you draw on me for a Quarter at present which shall be paid”

“The reporter drew heavily on interviews with former members of the secretive group.”

“Manchester United needed to draw on all their resources as they came from behind to beat Southampton and progress to the last 16 of the FA Cup.”

“He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.”

“As the day draws on, the oxen will begin to show fatigue.”

“Evening is drawing on; we'd better call it a day.”

“In his bones, he sensed winter was drawing on sooner than usual.”

“He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.”

“I drew on the pheasant as it rose.”

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