drawing up
Preparing official documents
Drawing up is preparing a formal document: drawing up a contract, drawing up a will.
The phrase suggests careful composition of something official or binding.
Drawing up also means coming to a stop, especially in a vehicle: The taxi drew up to the curb.
To draw yourself up is to straighten your posture, often in indignation or to assert authority.
Written or electronic file
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
agreement · legislation · will · deed · charter · petition · report · specification
At the side of
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- pulling overHalting at roadside
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
parking · arriving · approaching · vehicle · car · taxi · coach · lorry
Graphite writing instrument
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- lineworkDrawn strokes in art
shading · figure · portrait · landscape · still life · crosshatch · contour · gesture
document
Written or electronic file
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
blueprint · agreement · legislation · will · deed · charter · petition · report · specification · outline
alongside
At the side of
- haltingMarked by hesitation
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- pulling overHalting at roadside
curbside · parking · arriving · approaching · vehicle · car · taxi · coach · lorry · beside
pencil
Graphite writing instrument
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
linework · shading · figure · portrait · landscape · still life · crosshatch · contour · gesture · composition
drawing uptearing up
Eyes filling with moisture
destroying · voiding · revoking · rescinding · annulling
drawing upabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
scrapping · shelving · dismantling · discarding · dropping
drawing upsigning
Inscribing one's name
executing · finalizing · ratifying · enacting · implementing
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