drawing down
Steadily using up
Drawing down is the progressive withdrawal or reduction of something accumulated.
Military forces draw down when troops are gradually removed from a region: The drawing down of forces began in spring.
Financial accounts experience drawdown when funds are steadily depleted.
The phrase often implies a deliberate, managed reduction rather than sudden elimination.
- depletingProgressively using up
- running lowNearing exhaustion of supply
- reducingMaking less or smaller
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- exhaustingDepleting one's stamina
tapping · bank account · lowering · diminishing · siphoning · reserves · funds · savings · rainy day fund · sunset · twilight · dusk · end of days · winding · closing · final curtain · troops · retreat
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
- paganismWicca, pagan, heathen, polytheist, polytheism
drawing downbuilding up
Increasing gradually
accumulating · stockpiling · amassing · replenishing · growing
drawing downbuilding up
Increasing gradually
surging · escalating · deploying · ramping up · mobilizing
drawing downbuilding up
Increasing gradually
depositing · saving · funding · investing · capitalizing
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