draws up

Prepares official documents

Draws up means to prepare or compose a formal document: The lawyer draws up contracts for a living.

It also means to bring something to a stop, especially a vehicle: The taxi draws up to the curb.

A third sense involves pulling oneself into an upright or formal posture: She draws up to her full height when offended.

drafts

contract

Enforceable written agreement

  • agreementShared position between parties
  • documentWritten or electronic file
  • planDetailed proposal for achieving

proposal · blueprint · will · deed · charter · petition · legislation · bill · treaty · memorandum

halts

stops

Ceases to continue

arrives · approaches · reaches · stations · positions · aligns · nears · slows · pauses · ceases

straightens

posture

Body position, alignment

rises · lifts · braces · tenses · elongates · aligns · stands tall · corrects

Opposites
document creation/formality

draws uptears up

Shreds or wells up

destroys · discards · scraps · annuls · revokes

physical movement/positioning

draws uppulls away

Increases distance from

drives off · departs · drives away · moves away · recedes

arrangement/organization

draws updisperses

Spreads widely apart

scatters · disorganizes · dismantles · breaks up · dissolves

Family

draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing, drawings, drawer, drawers, upping

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G