draw out

present singular third person draws out · participle present drawing out · past drew out · participle past drawn out

1. To make (something) last for more time than is necessary; to prolong; to extend.

   It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us.

2. To physically extract, as blood from a vein.

   Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

   1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC

3. To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
4. To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.

   They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.

5. broadlyTo cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative.

   She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.

6. governmentTo redraw an electoral district in order to make it unlikely a particular candidate or party will win it.
7. card gamesTo improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.

   Jill had a flush on the turn, but Jimmy drew out by completing a full house on the river.

8. intransitiveobsoleteTo leave the place (of an army), etc.

   That the Scots Army drew out upon a March, and the English Army drew out to attend them, but could not engage them, by reason of a Bog and great Ditch between the two Armies, only they discharged their great Guns at one another, […]

   1732, Memorials of the English Affairs