DRAWN UP Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

drawn up

verb

past participle of draw up

as in checked

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

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as in organized

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

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as in composed

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 drawn up Tulsa visited Navy on Saturday, and the Golden Hurricane scored a touchdown that nobody could have drawn up. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 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 This is about as strong a start as LSU fans could have drawn up for the Kiffin era. — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Several also criticized the way the plan was drawn up and executed. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 Judges would be required to examine whether an agency’s project approval was supported by substantial evidence, but wouldn’t be able to take competing environmental studies drawn up by the opposition into account. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 It's also been two months since a memorandum of understanding to end it was drawn up with Tehran. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026

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Maybe he's simply grown a bit softer as a now 37-year-old, or with the career grand slam box finally checked, perhaps he's stopped giving a thought to anything that does not directly involve him.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
According to Boucher, Luna's owner flew in from California to reunite with Luna, who is getting checked by a veterinarian.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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The event was part of LA Tech Week, a citywide event organized by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
First, is the human superior colliculus organized the way animal studies suggest, with vision concentrated in its upper layers and touch in its deeper layers?

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

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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 association, which oversees Louisville’s sports programs and is composed of trustees, faculty, students and administrators, vote unanimously to oust the longtime Cardinals coach following a board meeting.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of composed

Verb

And the reason that family stayed together was because of laughter and obvious love.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The Ohio Supreme Court this week stayed the appellate court’s mandate, meaning that, for now, the trial court’s order is back in effect.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stayed

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Detours and shortcuts in the brain The cells and synapses of the brain aren’t arranged in rigid, linear paths for each task and experience.

— Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Desperate for actual contact with Holmes, Fielder has arranged to meet her briefly at the prison before Evans shows up.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

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