DRAW DOWN Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

draw down

verb

ˌdrȯ-ˈdau̇n

Definition of draw down next

as in to spend

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

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Recent Examples of draw down Since the start of the war, the United States has exported over 280 million barrels over nine weeks, drawing down the country's strategic petroleum reserves in the process. —

Dian Zhang, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Greater imports would build more robust inventories, which could be drawn down in a crisis to limit price spikes. —

Ryan Cummings, Mercury News, 1 May 2026 Stockpiles have been drawn down. —

Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026 Indeed, Lyric has avoided the severe financial crisis that has beset its much larger peer, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, which has been forced to draw down its endowment to cover budget deficits. —

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for draw down

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The neighborhood It’d be easy to spend a week around Nay Palad’s beachfront area, alternating between dips in the pool, reading books in a hammock, and tours around the gin-clear water in a see-through kayak—but on-the-up Siargao is well worth exploring.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
What this narrative neglects are all the ways treatment might cause terrible side effects, or the long period one spends being sick, and how one’s identity may have changed in the interim.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026