draw off

Questions about draw off

What does draw off mean?

draw off means "remove by drawing or pulling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for draw off?

Close synonyms include draw away, pull off, withdraw, draw, take out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is draw off a common word?

draw off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.