Draft
Draft verb - To remove (liquid) gradually or completely.
Usage example: remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter
Fill
Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.
Both words in one sentence
- In an episode of Coach the Orlando Breakers are in Buffalo to play the Bills when Luther accepts a dinner of Buffalo Wings from a bar/restaurant called "Buffalo Billy's." The entire team comes down with food poisoning and Coach Fox has to draft anyone he can find to fill the uniforms.
Source: Crippling the Competition -
In "At the Post Office", in order to play it safe (he didn't know his own age), Little Dog decided to fill a draft form and didn't know his own name.
- A split followed in 2011, along with various tours, though Netherton was MIA for a while thanks to his being busy getting his PhD; rather than draft a fill-in, Kloeppel just assumed bass duties and all vocal duties.
Source: Music / Misery Index
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