drew down

verb

Definition of drew downnext
past tense of draw down
as in spent
to make complete use of I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drew down
  1. spent
  2. consumed
  3. exhausted
  4. reduced
  5. burned
  6. used
Verb
  • Amos Heller has spent more than 15 years sharing a stage with Taylor Swift as a member of her band, the Agency.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Its main incentive rate will now be 25% of the eligible costs spent on a production, up from the previous 20%.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of spent
Verb
  • YouTube just released some new stats that show how the service is being consumed on televisions, and the numbers are enormous.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In an alert to health-care providers last week, the California Department of Health said doctors should consider bird flu in people with acute respiratory symptoms or conjunctivitis who’ve had recent exposure to animals with bird flu or who have recently consumed raw dairy products.
    Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • In that way, McDonald’s became a kind of scapegoat for people who were exhausted of stretching their budgets to afford food and suspecting (not without reason) that corporate greed was at least partly to blame.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Because the Syrian army is exhausted and no longer has the courage to fight alone.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhausted
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  • However, Jordan’s decision to wind down operations before the sale reduced the final price.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As families grow from two married adults to larger households with multiple children, others have reduced their circle of giving.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of reduced
Verb
  • By Tuesday afternoon, the wildfire had burned more than 2,800 acres, and officials said that gusts as strong as 60 miles per hour had challenged the more than 700 firefighters responding to the scene.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • At least one house in the exclusive Serra Retreat area has burned, while students at Pepperdine University sheltered in place as flames burned close to campus.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of burned
Verb
  • The drone was used initially to communicate with the child.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Creating Employee-Forward Workplaces There have been a number of major changes post-Covid-19 pandemic to how offices are both designed and used.
    Ryan Masiello, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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drew down

drew in

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