draw to an end
Approach the finish
To draw to an end is to approach conclusion or completion.
The phrase suggests gradual movement toward finality rather than abrupt stopping: The meeting was drawing to an end, As summer drew to an end, she felt melancholy settling in.
Events, periods, and experiences draw to an end; objects and people don't.
- coming to a closeNearing the finish
- concludeEnd or infer
- final chapterLast section of book
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- fading awayGradual disappearance from perception
peter out · approach · near · finish · cease · taper off · ebb · dwindle · wane · on its last legs · twilight · terminate · wrap up · winding up · wind down · culmination · close · home stretch
temporal phase of process
draw to an endbegin
To start something
start · commence · get underway · kick off · set in motion
draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing, drawings, drawable, withdraw, withdrawal