drawing out
Coaxing forth slowly
Drawing out refers to the process of extending, prolonging, or extracting something over time or from a source.
You might draw out a conversation to avoid an awkward goodbye, or a skilled interviewer draws out information from a reluctant witness.
The phrase can describe making something last longer than necessary The meeting kept drawing out past five o'clock or coaxing something forth She has a gift for drawing out shy students.
In metalworking, drawing out means stretching metal by hammering or pulling.
Increasing in reach
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- protractedExtended beyond normal duration
- sustainingMaintaining over time
continuing · dragging · stringing along · padding · elongating · delaying · lingering · stalling
Drawing out responses
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- obtainingGetting possession of
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
prying · getting · evoking · wrenching · wringing · wheedling · distilling · siphoning
Giving reminders to continue
- invitingAttractively appealing
- enticingPowerfully attractive
- inducingCausing or bringing about
- provokingCausing a reaction
stimulating · spurring · encouraging · urging · nudging · prodding · persuading · cajoling
Thoroughly investigating something
- inquiringSeeking information actively
- interrogatingFormally demanding answers
- examiningInspecting with care
- investigatingSeeking facts systematically
querying · quizzing · grilling · cross-examining · pressing · pumping · debriefing · interviewing
extending
Increasing in reach
- lengtheningIncreasing in extent
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- protractedExtended beyond normal duration
sustaining · continuing · dragging · stringing along · padding · elongating · delaying · lingering · stalling · deferring
eliciting
Drawing out responses
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- obtainingGetting possession of
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
unearthing · prying · getting · evoking · wrenching · wringing · wheedling · distilling · siphoning · mining
prompting
Giving reminders to continue
provoking · stimulating · spurring · encouraging · urging · nudging · prodding · persuading · cajoling · luring
probing
Thoroughly investigating something
- inquiringSeeking information actively
- interrogatingFormally demanding answers
- examiningInspecting with care
investigating · querying · quizzing · grilling · cross-examining · pressing · pumping · debriefing · interviewing · fishing
- extractingmining, drilling, juicing, pulling, yanking
- blacksmithinganvil, anvils, forge, forges, bellows
- smithingforging, blacksmithing, hammering, hand forging, upsetting
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
- dawdlingdawdling, dallying, dilly-dallying, lingering, loitering
- hammeringpounding, tapping, striking, peening, driving
drawing outputting in
Placing within
inserting · pushing in · sliding in · adding · injecting
drawing outshortening
Reducing length or duration
cutting short · compressing · condensing · abbreviating · rushing
drawing outsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
silencing · shutting down · withholding · clamming up · stonewalling
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