DRAW UP Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

draw up

verb

Definition of draw up

as in to stop

to bring (something) to a standstill he drew up his horse outside the tavern

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as in to classify

to put into a particular arrangement drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

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as in to prepare

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval

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Recent Examples of draw up Without that rule, threatened species no longer get automatic protections and instead rely on agencies drawing up species-specific rules for each one, a process that can take years. — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 The Canadian Space Agency and MDA has also drawn up plans for a new Canadarm3, that was to be used for NASA's Gateway lunar space station, though that station project is stalled for now, NASA has said. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The sport’s economic model looks like it was drawn up on a cocktail napkin during the Taft administration, and collective bargaining is the right way to fix it. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 The idea of embedding external evaluators inside companies has been mostly well-received by the industry, but some critics questioned how independent the assessors could be and how the evaluation standards would be drawn up. — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for draw up

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That has left many companies unable to stop the theft of American IP and made investment riskier.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Project Nessie was intended to stop retail price-matching practices from creating unsustainably low prices, the e-commerce giant said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of stop

Verb

Improvements to LinkedIn’s detection systems have resulted in a 40% decline in views of content classified as AI slop, the platform said last month.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
Just 9% of Porter’s 3-point attempts were classified as wide open, the lowest share among 307 players who took at least 100 3s.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of classify

Verb

Commercial incentives persist Koh said shipping companies around the world have continued looking for opportunities to navigate the Strait since the conflict erupted, with some operators prepared to accept higher risks and costs.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
The creative team is currently developing the treatment and preparing to engage potential partners about the longer version.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of prepare

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Another Supreme Court case made injunctions — the court orders that companies historically relied on to halt patent infringement — significantly harder to secure.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Previous Ebola outbreaks were marked by allegations of corruption and mismanagement of funds, which experts said have contributed to the mistrust of local communities, complicating the efforts to halt the spread.

— Monika Pronczuk, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of halt

Verb

For a bit of an over-the-top perk, the concierge is able to arrange helicopter services to NASA through its rooftop helipad, as well as myriad other special excursions.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
While Sabrina’s identical twin sister, Virginia, was arranged to marry a Chinese American man in the States who spoke no Cantonese, Sabrina wouldn’t let her parents stop their love— or stop her from getting pregnant.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrange

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The jury is composed of Cristina Cassano, head of Contemporary Italian Cinema Promotion at Cinecittà, filmmaker Sofia Exarchou and Anne Østerud, a film editor.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The fact that more military-age men are disproportionately among those eliminated is consistent with the fact that terrorist organizations are predominantly composed of men in this age group.

— Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of compose

Verb

Scientists have previously speculated that a GRB would vaporize anything caught in its death rays up to 200 light-years from the source.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
On this trip, she’s been busy in the studio with Camila Cabello, but tonight she’s headed to SoFi Stadium to catch Mars’ latest tour.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of catch

Verb

The team’s last-second win over the Philadelphia Eagles last week in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was organized and operated by the NFL, part of the league’s more standard rotation of all teams playing overseas.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Workers are organizing at manufacturing plants, in newsrooms, in technology, in hospitals, on college campuses, and construction sites.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of organize

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