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draw up
verb draws up · drawing up · drew up · drawn up
- To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan. I asked my lawyer to draw up a new will.
- To arrange in order or formation. Sergeant, please draw the men up in ranks of three.
- To cause to come to a halt. Draw up the carriage just around the corner!
- To come to a halt. The tractor drew up alongside the haystack.
- To withdraw upwards. 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up. Within the arch, the bulky figure of Sir George Lynn, whom Mr. Rochester had likewise chosen, was seen enveloped in a white sheet.
