Draw out and Open

Draw out

Draw out verb - To make longer.

Open and draw out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Open" instead a verb "Draw out".

Open

Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.

Draw out and open are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Draw out" instead a verb "Open".

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Both terms in one sentence

  • In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the Empire tries much the same strategy as the above 1984 example, staging a revolution to draw out dissidents into the open.
  • A German sniper purposely shoots and incapacitates an American soldier, hoping that it will draw out other soldiers into the open in an attempt to help the downed man.
  • This trope is also, amusingly, inverted at one point during his Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor playthrough, where Brad is unaware that, to draw out a miniboss, he needs to defeat Mooks in open combat, and instead keeps stealthily picking them off one by one.
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