draw on
Verb
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Verb
draw on
- (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)
- French: exploiter
- German: zurückgreifen auf
- Spanish: recurrir a
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