draw up | Definition of draw up

Synonyms and Antonyms of draw up

1 to bring (something) to a standstill

he drew up his horse outside the tavern

Synonyms of draw up

arrest, bring up, catch, check, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop

Words Related to draw up

baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem

conclude, cut off, end, terminate

call, discontinue, suspend

choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back

Near Antonyms of draw up

carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on

advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend

actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir

2 to put into a particular arrangement

drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

Synonyms of draw up

arrange, array, classify, codify, dispose, lay out, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize

Words Related to draw up

groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up)

align (also aline), cue, line, line up, queue

alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence

emplace, place, set

display, map (out), set out

Antonyms of draw up

derange, disarrange, disarray, disorder, mess (up), muss (up), rumple, upset

3 to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval

Synonyms of draw up

cast, compose, craft, draft, formulate, frame, prepare

Words Related to draw up

fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape

couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word

author, indite, pen, write

conceive, concoct, devise

build, construct, make

assemble, compound, piece (together)

redraft, reformulate, reframe

Phrases Synonymous with draw up