draw+off

  • 71draw back — verb 1. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 8) The enemy withdrew The limo pulled away from the curb • Syn: ↑withdraw, ↑retreat, ↑pull away, ↑recede, ↑pull back, ↑ …

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  • 72pull off — verb 1. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 2) pluck the flowers off the bush • Syn: ↑pluck, ↑tweak, ↑pick off • Derivationally related forms: ↑tweak (for: ↑ …

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  • 73pick off — verb 1. shoot one by one (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑shoot, ↑pip • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. pull or pull out sharply (Freq. 1) pluck the flowers off the bush …

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  • 74To pull off — Pull Pull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pulling}.] [AS. pullian; cf. LG. pulen, and Gael. peall, piol, spiol.] 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. [1913 Webster] Ne er pull your hat upon your brows.… …

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  • 75hive off — verb 1. remove from a group and make separate The unit was hived off from its parent company • Hypernyms: ↑discriminate, ↑separate, ↑single out • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. withdraw ( …

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  • 76siphon off — verb convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon • Syn: ↑siphon, ↑syphon • Derivationally related forms: ↑syphon (for: ↑syphon) • Hypernyms: ↑draw, ↑ …

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  • 77run off — verb Date: 1683 transitive verb 1. a. to recite, compose, or produce rapidly b. to cause to be run or played to a finish c. to decide (as a race) by a runoff d. carry out 2. to drain off ; draw off 3 …

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  • 78run something off — 1) would you run off that list for me? Syn: copy, photocopy, xerox, duplicate, print, reproduce 2) run off some of the excess water Syn: drain, bleed, draw off, pump out …

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  • 79run something off — 1 would you run off that list for me?: COPY, photocopy, xerox, duplicate, print, produce, do. 2 run off some of the excess water: DRAIN, bleed, draw off …

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  • 80drain off — draw out liquid from …

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