draw out Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
   
2. verb lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
   prolong; protract; extend.
   
   • We prolonged our stay
   • She extended her visit by another day
   • The meeting was drawn out until midnight
3. verb make more sociable
   
   • The therapist drew out the shy girl
4. verb deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   elicit; extract; educe; evoke.
   
   • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
5. verb remove as if by suction
   aspirate; suck out.
   
   • aspirate the wound
6. verb remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
   take out; pull; pull out; pull up; extract.
   
   • pull weeds
   • extract a bad tooth
   • take out a splinter
   • extract information from the telegram

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