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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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seeks to make its peace with the planet': public spaces were to be generated by transportation interchanges rather than draughted, Beaux-Arts fashion, by the set-square; and the reallocation of private space was, following Ebenezer Howard, to democratize city society. |
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