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draw on

Verb

Meaning

(literally) To sketch or mark with pencil, crayon, etc., on a given surface.

(also draw upon) To appeal to, make a demand of, rely on; to utilize or make use of, as a source.
Without the proper resources, the young manager drew on his imagination to solve the crisis.

The reporter drew heavily on interviews with former members of the secretive group.

To advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force.
As the day draws on, the oxen will begin to show fatigue.

To approach, come nearer, as evening.
Evening is drawing on; we'd better call it a day.
In his bones, he sensed winter was drawing on sooner than usual.

(transitive) To put on (a garment)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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To further promote anti-corruption efforts, we need to insist on the successful experiences gained through the Party's long-term anti-corruption practice. We need to actively draw on effective practices conducted by foreign countries around the world, and our own valuable heritage. Xi Jinping

There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date. Jeffrey Archer

When we draw on the tablet, the drawing shows up on the computer screen. If we have chosen to tell the computer that the stylist is to behave like a piece of chalk, or a pen, or a wet brush, it will. Buffy Sainte-Marie

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted. Deana Carter

In an area where nothing was known, medicine had to draw on social lore. Virginia Johnson

As the thought comes to me to exorcise and transform this black with a white drawing, it has already become a surface... Now I have lost all fear, and begin to draw on the black surface. Jean Arp

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