Draw Out
[v] 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"
[v] cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet."
[v] draw or pull out, 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"
[v] deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
[v] make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
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Synonyms
educe, elicit, evoke, extend, extract, extract, prolong, protract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out
Related Terms
arouse, avulse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, continue, cut out, dawdle, deduce, deracinate, derive, dig out, dig up, disentangle, drag out, draw, draw forth, dredge, dredge up, dwell on, educe, elicit, el