draw up

verb

1. to come or cause to come to a halt
2. tr
   1. to prepare a draft of (a legal document)
   2. to formulate and write out in appropriate form

      to draw up a contract

3. used reflexively to straighten oneself
4. to form or arrange (a body of soldiers, etc) in order or formation

Example Sentences

Then, using his training and talent as an architect, he would draw up blueprints.

From The Daily Beast

They could lower a tiny, thimble-sized cup into a glass or pitcher and draw up their own drinking water.

From The Daily Beast

The President has requested that the Pentagon draw up plans for a no-fly zone over Syria, The Daily Beast's Josh Rogin reports.

From The Daily Beast

He called Stephens several times during that trip, in an effort to draw up a settlement agreement.

From The Daily Beast

And so it has been left to local governments to draw up reconstruction plans, funded from the national budget.

From The Daily Beast

A committee was appointed to draw up such a plan and, in 1777, it submitted the Articles of Confederation to Congress.

From Project Gutenberg

"The notary will first have to draw up the assignment, then, you shall write the letters to your friend," broke in Garin.

From Project Gutenberg

We are to try to understand each other and draw up some public agreement which shall unite the two churches.

From Project Gutenberg

So I directed them to draw up their tender in a line or two against the afternoon, and to meet me at White Hall.

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The Turkish infantry on the plains below were observed to fall in, and draw up in front of their tents.

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Related Words

• formulate
• prepare
• write