draw up

Speech parts

1. draw up - Noun

2. draw up - Verb

Meaning

make up plans or basic details for

come to a halt after driving somewhere

cause (a vehicle) to stop

straighten oneself

form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

draw-up

Synonyms

marshal clef cockle design plan write frame draw draft prepare schedule pen halt brake compose
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Antonyms

SAG journey thrust radiate dismantle annihilate
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Hypernyms

form plan stop organize halt straighten

Examples

Love's ship has foundered on the rocks of life. We're quits: stupid to draw up a list of mutual sorrows, hurts and pains. Vladimir Mayakovsky

Only when a disputed point has long caused bloodshed and disturbance, or when a successful invader (military or theological) insists on a change, is it necessary to draw up a code. Edward Jenks

I think if we call in the experts we can draw up the full scheme, with the rallying points arranged. Pietro Badoglio

Cars are free to circulate but still there are speed limits, therefore I do not see why, at the international level, we should not study ways to limit monetary movements. Bankers cannot act at will. ... Why should we not draw up some rules of the game? Jacques Delors

The population of the earth today doubles regularly. If you were to draw up the population growth on a chart you would see that it goes back to zero about five thousand years ago. If man has been here millions of years like evolutionists teach, where is the population? Kent Hovind

Whenever I draw up economic policy I look at it from the point of view of the person who has nothing; I look at it from the point of view of my farther who tried to get a job but could not. Harry Schwarz

Close letter words and terms

draw to a close draw to an end draw together draw up an inventory draw up for draw upon