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draw up
verb
- to come or cause to come to a halt
- tr
- to prepare a draft of (a legal document)
- to formulate and write out in appropriate form
to draw up a contract
- used reflexively to straighten oneself
- to form or arrange (a body of soldiers, etc) in order or formation
Example Sentences
Some jurisdictions like the EU are already drawing up lists of pre-emptive retaliatory actions against the US, after ministers did not take seriously enough Trump's earlier threats of tariffs, which he later imposed.
One area where it is expected to differ is in granting patients the right to draw up a document setting out their treatment preferences if they become unwell.
A couple of weeks ago the gang down in Mar-a-Lago was popping the champagne and gleefully drawing up plans to further destroy the White House gardens once the Trumps are in residence again.
Following the death of another infant in October 2015 Ms Powell drew up a table of the babies who had died in that period and all the nursing staff on duty during those shifts.
Reeves is now drawing up plans to find £40bn in order to avoid real-terms cuts to departments, sources say, as first reported in the Financial Times and the Times.
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