draw off
Britishverb
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(tr) to cause (a liquid) to flow from something
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to withdraw (troops)
Example Sentences
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It seems like I needed to already be drawing Social Security before she could draw off my account.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
The Hawk30 will collect power from the sun during the day and draw off its batteries at night, a SoftBank executive said in a translated presentation late last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2019
“Really, nobody else can draw off what we went through,” Miller said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
Sully is hitting a draw off one tee then a cut the next.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2016
He would lay it down on the bleed table, and then Captain Haines, the Green Beret, would insert a needle into the animal’s thigh and draw off a lot of blood into various tubes.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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