draw

Definition

  • verb: to make (a picture, image, etc.) by making lines on a surface especially with a pencil, pen, marker, chalk, etc., but not usually with paint
  • verb: to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance
  • often + 'for'
  • synonyms: pull, drag, attract

Examples

  • A good writer knows how to 'draw' readers 'in'. [=how to make readers interested; how to make people want to read something]

  • Many people have been 'drawing' comparisons 'between' the two movies. [=have been saying that the movies are similar]

  • When the huge crowd suddenly became unruly, security 'was quick on the draw'. [=security reacted very quickly]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Sundance. I didn't know you were the Sundance Kid when I said you were cheating. I draw on you, you'll kill me. There's that possibility. You'd be killing yourself. Why don't you just invite us (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • (..) You hear that? If he invites us to stay, then we'll go. He's got to invite us to stick around. He'll draw on you. You don't know how fast he is. I'm over the hill, but it can happen to you. That's just (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid