idioms using “draw”

Draw out

To persuade someone to express their feelings

“She is a good TV talk show host because she knows how to draw people out.”

Draw on

To take for one’s own use

“At difficult times like this, you can draw on your friends’ strength.”

Draw the line at

To decide you will not do something beyond a certain point

“Matsuda-san said she will work overtime tonight but draws the line at spending the night in the office.”

Draw the short straw

To be chosen to do something that no one wants to do

“Keiko-san drew the short straw so she has to go back and find the mistake in the computer program her team wrote.”

Drawn to

Attracted to, interested in

“Of all the impressionists, she was especially drawn to the works of the painter Monet.”