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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