draw up

1. 1.

   form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers

   Broaderform
2. 2.

   straighten oneself

   “He drew himself up when he talked to his superior”

   Synonymspull upstraighten up

   Broaderstraighten
3. 3.

   cause (a vehicle) to stop

   “He pulled up the car in front of the hotel”

   Synonymspull up

   Broaderstop

   driving

4. 4.

   make up plans or basic details for

   “frame a policy”

   Synonymsframecompose

   Broaderplan
5. 5.

   come to a halt after driving somewhere

   “The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn”

   “The chauffeur hauled up in front of us”

   Synonymspull uphaul up

   Broaderstop

   driving

Questions about draw up

What does draw up mean?

draw up means "form or arrange in order or formation, as of a body of soldiers". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for draw up?

Close synonyms include pull up, straighten up, pull up, frame, compose. 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 up a common word?

draw up is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.