Synonyms of draw out

Verb


1. draw out, reach out

usage: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"

2. prolong, protract, extend, draw out, lengthen

usage: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

3. draw out, encourage

usage: make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

4. educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out, interpret, construe, see

usage: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

5. aspirate, draw out, suck out, remove, take, take away, withdraw

usage: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"

6. extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, remove, take, take away, withdraw

usage: remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"

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