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    • draw out :cause to speak
      • Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet

    • draw out :lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
      • We prolonged our stay|She extended her visit by another day|The meeting was drawn out until midnight

    • draw out :make more sociable
      • The therapist drew out the shy girl

    • draw out :deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
      • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant

    • draw out :remove by suction
      • aspirate the wound

    • draw out :remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
      • pull weeds|extract a bad tooth|take out a splinter|extract information from the telegram

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