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draw out [v]
 
1)cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: reach_out 
 
2)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"
    Synonyms :extend prolong protract 
    See Also: lengthen  continuation  lengthening  extension  carry  extend  temporise  spin 
 
3)make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: encourage 
 
4)deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
    Synonyms :educe elicit evoke extract 
    See Also: construe 
 
5)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"
    Synonyms :extract pull pull_out pull_up take_out 
    See Also: remove  extraction  extractor  squeeze_out  demodulate  thread  draw 
 



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