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draw on
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draw on someone or something and draw upon someone or something
to use someone or something in some beneficial way; to extract from a resource, reserve, etc. I may have to draw on your advice in order to complete this project. If there is some way you can draw on me to your advantage, let me know. By the end of the contest I had drawn upon all the energy I had.
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draw on something
to get ideas or facts from something The second half of the book draws on new discoveries in the field of microbiology.
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com Utilizing a number of different techniques an oracle is someone who can draw upon the divine for information and for assistance.
Stating that good leadership is like programming good software, Finley and Fedak draw upon their experience and hope to pass it to the reader.
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