draw out

draw someone out

on someone or something and draw someone out about someone or something; draw someone out to bring out someone's private thoughts about someone or something. I tried to draw him out on this matter, but he would not say any more. I tried to draw out the speaker, but she would not elaborate on what she had said. Fred wanted to draw out information about the company's plans, but the controller had nothing to say.

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A bystander said to him, "Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand. Fables by Aesop View in context Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand and strive, until at last rage draw out of thee that dream-power which every night shows thee is thine own; a power transcending all limit and privacy, and by virtue of which a man is the conductor of the whole river of electricity. Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context At last I reached my own box, and had some corn; and after Robert had wrapped up my knees in wet cloths, he tied up my foot in a bran poultice, to draw out the heat and cleanse it before the horse-doctor saw it in the morning, and I managed to get myself down on the straw, and slept in spite of the pain. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context			draw a line between draw a line in the sand draw a line under draw a veil over draw against an amount of money draw ahead draw alongside draw apart draw aside draw attention to draw away draw battle lines draw blood draw down draw fire draw fire from draw for draw forth draw in horns draw in horns and pull in horns draw interest draw into draw near draw off draw on draw out draw out of and draw out draw out of some place draw over draw people or things together draw straws for draw the line draw the line at draw the short straw draw to draw to a close draw to attention draw together draw up drawer drawing drawing card drawn drawn and quartered drawn like a moth to a flame dread dream dream about dream away dream come true Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage			Draw Includes All Survivors draw inferences draw interest draw into Draw lots Draw lots Draw lots Draw lots Draw lots Draw lots draw mark Draw My Thing draw near draw near draw near draw off draw off draw off draw on draw on draw on draw on draw on draw on draw on one side draw on one side draw on one side draw on one side draw one’s sword draw or an animal out to lure or an animal out of draw out draw out about draw out by compulsion draw out by force draw out of and draw out draw out of some place draw out the essence draw over draw people or things together draw piece Draw plate Draw plate draw play draw poker draw profit from draw radius draw rein draw rein Draw reins Draw reins draw ring draw sheet draw sheet draw sheet draw shot draw slate draw straws draw straws draw straws draw straws draw straws