draw down

Idioms  

1. Deplete by consuming or spending, as in The government worries about drawing down our oil reserves.

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Example Sentences

"The draw down is going to happen," Homan said at a press conference in Minneapolis, but added: "We are not surrendering our mission at all. We're just doing it smarter."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

“This is common-sense cooperation that allows us to draw down on the number of people we have here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Marginal tax brackets and capital gains also raise their heads, as you and your wife start to draw down your investment income.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

But if businesses significantly draw down their stores, it can be a drag on GDP.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

An absolutely certain way in those days to draw down on one a wretched fate was to claim superiority in anything over any deity; nevertheless people were perpetually doing so.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton