drawn up

verb

past participle of draw up
1
as in checked
to bring (something) to a standstill he drew up his horse outside the tavern

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2
as in organized
to put into a particular arrangement drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

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3
as in composed
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval

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Recent Examples of drawn up The plan forms part of a public-private investment roadmap drawn up in July, which targets JPY20 trillion ($127 billion) in overseas sales by 2033. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 The line was drawn up under the 1953 armistice that stopped the fighting of the Korean War, and some decades-old boundary markers have been lost over time. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 The Israeli Defense Forces and the United States military have drawn up plans to renew joint strikes on Iran in the coming weeks, according to two Israeli sources familiar with the plans. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 The criteria being drawn up reward how a garment is made rather than what it’s made from, and the discount needs to be big enough to change what brands actually buy. — Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Tulsa visited Navy on Saturday, and the Golden Hurricane scored a touchdown that nobody could have drawn up. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 The Canadian Space Agency and MDA has also drawn up plans for a new Canadarm3, that was to be used for NASA's Gateway lunar space station, though that station project is stalled for now, NASA has said. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The sport’s economic model looks like it was drawn up on a cocktail napkin during the Taft administration, and collective bargaining is the right way to fix it. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 The idea of embedding external evaluators inside companies has been mostly well-received by the industry, but some critics questioned how independent the assessors could be and how the evaluation standards would be drawn up. — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn up
  1. checked
  2. organized
  3. composed
  4. stopped
  5. ordered
  6. prepared
  7. stayed
  8. arranged
Verb
  • Hale says people should have their skin checked annually starting at 18 years old.
    — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In one analysis, researchers checked whether medical treatment changed overall mortality rates.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of checked
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  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized
Verb
  • Soundtracks often work in a similar way—music that’s been composed with the idea of accompaniment, melodies that are meant to join with a story already can work perfectly when one is in the midst of creating a character or scene.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Alaska’s core constituency is composed of Natives, fishermen, rural legislators, and unions, with some chamber-of-commerce types mixed in.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of composed
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Russia's civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, said Friday afternoon that all four Moscow airports -- Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky -- stopped flights arriving and departing for security reasons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • If only the Hornets could have stopped the game after one possession apiece.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • Still, questions have persisted about who ordered the interruptions to the satellite internet system that Kyiv has relied on for years to counter Moscow's attacks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • SpaceX’s temporary throttling of the satellite service disrupted Ukrainian drone missions and air defenses, raising questions about who ordered the changes and straining ties with Washington.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of ordered
Verb
  • The Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Picasso Museum and Grand Palais were all shuttered Saturday as French officials prepared for another weekend of potentially violent demonstrations, according to The Associated Press (AP).
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The university has not responded to CNN’s questions about why the full transcript of Jane Doe’s police interview, which included Doe’s explicit rape accusation, was not included in the statement prepared by police for the DA.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of prepared
Verb
  • Flagg went down hard under the basket and stayed down on the floor for some time.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The judge then stayed that order until Friday to give the government time to appeal.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stayed
Verb
  • For travelers arriving independently, the lodge's location near the park entrance is a major convenience, though transportation and activities will have to be arranged separately.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Lawyers in Russia eventually located him and arranged for legal visits, money for food and basic necessities, and the brief phone call with his son.
    — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of arranged

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