draw up
verbDefinition of draw up
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Synonyms for draw up
Synonyms
arrest, bring up, catch, check, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop
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What happened against the defending champs, though, was not the way it was drawn up on paper. — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, "Patriots pummel Steelers as rivals take divergent paths with Antonio Brown," 8 Sep. 2019 To learn more about these spots of light, the CalTech team decided to reverse the problem by taking images of an already inhabitable planet, Earth, and drawing up an image of something an alien astronomer may see light-years away. — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "Here's How Aliens Might See Earth," 21 Aug. 2019 Representatives from 19 federal agencies would have the job of hammering out a common definition of the scope of the threat and drawing up a list of best practices for universities and government laboratories to follow. — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, "U.S. universities battle a security storm in Congress," 29 July 2019 Maybe our world was strained out of the heavens, like a handful of mud drawn up from a river, or perhaps the two were chiseled apart by a crafty god or estranged like lovers. — Amelia Urry, Washington Post, "Scientists know gravity exists. They just don’t know how it works.," 16 Aug. 2019 Village organizers would have to hold community meetings early in the application process and draw up detailed plans about their management, Kniech said. — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, "Tiny-home villages could be allowed across much of Denver," 25 July 2019 But in early June, the White House called, and with less than 30 days before July 4, Pentagon officials started drawing up a plan. — Bymichael D. Shear, BostonGlobe.com, "Trump defends plans for July Fourth extravaganza as criticism mounts," 3 July 2019 But in early June, the White House called, and with less than 30 days before July 4, Pentagon officials started drawing up a plan. — Michael D. Shear, New York Times, "Washington Prepares for a July 4 Spectacle, Starring and Produced by President Trump," 3 July 2019 Whilst the final structure of the racing league is unknown -- the new racing series is scheduled to start in 2020/21 -- the rough plans being drawn up already. — Ben Morse, CNN, "Airspeeder: Motor racing series aims to be the Formula One of the skies," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'draw up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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