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draft someone for something to select someone for something or to do something. We drafted a bunch of the boys for moving tables. The committee drafted some of the members for kitchen work. draft someone into something 1. . Lit. to conscript someone into the armed services. The draft board drafted Scott into the army. Todd was drafted into the army. 2. Fig. to convince someone to participate in something. She drafted some of the boys into helping her move tables. They were drafted into helping. feel a draft to sense that one is being rejected; to sense that someone is cool toward one, possibly for racial reasons. Oh, man, I feel a draft in here. Let's leave. What a reception! I sure felt a draft. See also: feel How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Looking at both, you get wistful for the days when draughting was about semi-edible hand-made Fabriano paper and the time-honoured T square/set square/Rapidograph combo. When I was a student in the 1950s I fixed my drawing paper to my board with drawing pins -- draughting tape had not been invented -- and I drew with either a newly sharpened pencil or a ruling pen. |
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