Draft
Draft verb - To pick especially for required military service.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Both words in one sentence
-
Hypocritical Humor: Rick airily dismisses Pamela's fear of ghosts in the house, saying "It's just silly to be upset." Then when a draft pushes the door open he panics and dives under his covers.
Source: Film / The Uninvited (1944) -
The original plans had Guzzle kill Kup at the end before being killed himself but that draft of the script wasn't used and both characters survival leaves the possible confrontation open ended.
- Later author's notes says the original draft was more mundane, but their engineer friend ripped the idea to shreds, so they demanded he put it back together; this even made the setting grimdarker: big open-cycle ethanol industry isn't pretty.
Source: Alternate Techline
Cite this Source
Open and Draft. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/draft/open
Draft & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/draft/open>.
Open or Draft. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/draft/open.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "draft" and "open" have occurred on timeline