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draw

/dɹɑ/ noun A2
  1. That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The act of drawing a gun from a holster, etc. (countable, uncountable) · the Wild West's quick-draw champion
  3. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined. (countable, uncountable) · The draw is on Saturday.
  4. The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing; the distance the strings are pulled back. (countable, uncountable)
  5. The result of a contest that neither side has won. (countable, uncountable) · The game ended in a draw.
  6. The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie). (countable, uncountable)
  7. That which is drawn (e.g. funds from an account). (countable, uncountable) · They're going to take away our draw! (referring to e.g. disability assistance)
  8. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer. (countable, uncountable)

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It’s as well, or he’d have had the drop on me with that buckshot gun of his before ever I could draw on him.
The Valley of Fear, p. 96 · C1
I drew your attention to it; but with the pressure of other events you had hardly the time to give it the consideration which would have enabled you to draw deductions from it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 88 · C1
Run to Torlonia, draw from him instantly four thousand piastres, and give them to the bearer.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 393 · C1
His is a picture you never could draw,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 14 · C1

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