DRAWN DOWN Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

drawn down

verb

past participle of draw down

as in spent

to make complete use of I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition

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Recent Examples of drawn down To cover the cost increases out of pocket, trucking firms have drawn down savings, redirected spending away from maintenance, or halted purchases of fuel-efficient trucks. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, seemingly random lines accented peepers or were drawn down the middle of a mouth. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 It was drawn down to below $200 million following the hack, according to Bloomberg’s calculation of the fund’s disclosed wallet addresses, before being restored to more than $300 million. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Inventories, or global stockpiles of crude oil, have been drawn down this spring and summer at a rapid clip, after governments around the world agreed in early March to release 400 million barrels of oil in a bid to ease soaring prices. — Gordon Lubold, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 Moscow has progressively drawn down the readily-fungible assets of its National Wealth Fund to cover wartime expenses and ballooning budget deficits. — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Europe came into the spring with gas storage at its lowest starting point in four years, drawn down by a cold winter and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — John Kerry, semafor.com, 23 July 2026 The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, America’s emergency stockpile of oil, has been drawn down significantly since the war broke out to help replace all those barrels of oil lost in the strait. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn down

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The network known as Fairshake spent $40 million in 2024 to unseat Brown, then the Senate Banking Committee chair; after Brown lost, crypto antagonist-in-chief Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts replaced him as the panel’s top Democrat.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
His campaign has a budget of about $30,000 and has spent $7,000 on advertising, running a spot on streaming services in four Texas counties where Libertarians have fared better in recent elections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

Verb

One example of this messaging disconnect played out on the Upper West Side, in the Democratic primary for the 69th Assembly District.

— Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Scenes like these have played out across the country as America celebrates its 250th birthday and more people look for ways to take part.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026

Definition of played out

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Fed into a calculation, it is used up to perform the extra gate, and any flaw in the state becomes a flaw in the gate.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
Keep it meatless over rice or quinoa with some tofu, or mix in leftover chicken or beef that needs to be used up.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of used up

Verb

My advice to other leaders would be not to wait until you’re exhausted before doing something for yourself.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
The gold exhausted by the mid-1920s, the mines faltered and then closed, the miners left and the burros stayed, turned loose to make their own way in the desert.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026