draw up
verb
drew up; drawn up; drawing up; draws up
1
: to bring (a body of troops) into array
2
: to prepare a draft or version of
draw up plans
3
: to bring to a halt
4
: to straighten (oneself) to an erect posture especially as an assertion of dignity or resentment
: to come to a halt
the car drew up at the door
Examples of draw up in a Sentence
he drew up his horse outside the tavern
drew up the troops into a line along the ridge
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The housing proposals were drawn up by People Acting for Community Together, or PACT, a nonprofit interfaith group made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that advocates for solutions to some of the county’s most pressing social issues.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Those numbers are floors and ceilings, so lawmakers will have to reconcile the actual policies committees draw up for a reconciliation bill later.
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After a few iterations, the REI design team drew up a cross-pole design with a single entryway.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
Those numbers are floors and ceilings, so lawmakers will have to reconcile the actual policies committees draw up for a reconciliation bill later.
—Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
After a few iterations, the REI design team drew up a cross-pole design with a single entryway.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Angel Studios has drawn up a deal for Seth Worley’s Sketch.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for draw up
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“Draw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/draw%20up. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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