draw down

Idioms and Phrases

Deplete by consuming or spending, as in The government worries about drawing down our oil reserves .

Example Sentences

Are we going to draw down, or are we going to keep a force there?

From The Daily Beast

How to ensure U.S. national security is not undermined as we “responsibly” draw down?

From The Daily Beast

“As budgets draw down, we have no option but to learn to fight smarter with less,” Gates observed recently.

From The Daily Beast

As NATO starts to draw down forces, Pakistan's paranoia about India's role in Afghanistan will expand.

From The Daily Beast

And to hear Joy Behar—Josephina Victoria Behar to give you her full, glorious name—talk about "draw-down" in Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

There let the eternal world be unveiled, and every blessing bring it near in gratitude, and every trial draw down its consolation.

From Project Gutenberg

Many an assault has he already brought upon himself, and is destined, I fear, to draw down many more and heavier.'

From Project Gutenberg

At dusk draw down the shades and light gas and lamps in hall and drawing-room.

From Project Gutenberg

She went to the window to draw down the blind and as she did so a light fell upon her eyes which gave her a distinct start.

From Project Gutenberg

Agatha had realised that from the moment when she had seen him draw down the blind again after his wife had drawn it up.

From Project Gutenberg