draw up

phraseC12 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To draw up a document is to prepare it carefully. A contract, a list, a plan, a will.

It implies formality and deliberation, which is why solicitors draw up agreements and committees draw up guidelines. It splits round an object. There is a completely separate sense meaning to stop, since a car draws up outside a house, and it is a favourite of novelists. And drawing yourself up to your full height is what somebody does before saying something dignified.

Definitions of draw up

1phrasedraw upTo prepare a document or plan carefully.C1
“They will draw up a contract next week.”
2phrasevehicleOf a vehicle, to come to a stop.C1
“A taxi will draw up outside at seven.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 15 of A Man Called Ove.

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draw up

phraseC12 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To draw up a document is to prepare it carefully. A contract, a list, a plan, a will.

Definitions of draw up

1phrasedraw upTo prepare a document or plan carefully.C1
“They will draw up a contract next week.”
2phrasevehicleOf a vehicle, to come to a stop.C1
“A taxi will draw up outside at seven.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 15 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word