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  • 11draw — 1. verb 1) he drew the house Syn: sketch, make a drawing (of), delineate, outline, draft, rough out, illustrate, render, represent, trace; portray, depict 2) she drew her chair closer to the fire Syn …

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  • 12draw — 1. verb 1) he drew the house Syn: sketch, outline, rough out, illustrate, render, represent, trace, portray, depict 2) she drew her chair in to the table Syn: pull, haul …

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  • 13draw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. haul, drag, pull, tub, extract; attract, allure; depict, sketch; draft; win, receive; displace; inhale; elicit, get; disembowel, eviscerate. See attraction, painting, traction. n. tie. See equality …

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  • 14draw the line — set a limit We have to draw the line somewhere in regards to the costs of the party. (from Idioms in Speech) to insist on a limit; to set limits; to stop at a certain point; to point out what must not be done If we admit one Coloured child, we… …

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  • 15rough sth out — UK US rough sth out Phrasal Verb with rough({{}}/rʌf/ verb ► to draw or write something simply and without details: »The architect roughed out the house plans …

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  • 16rough something out — DRAFT, sketch out, outline, block out, mock up; formal adumbrate. → rough * * * ˌrough sthˈout derived to draw or write sth without including all the details • I ve roughed out a few ideas. Main entry: ↑rough …

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  • 17rough in — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I (or out) verb To draw up a preliminary plan or version of: adumbrate, block in (or out), draft, outline, sketch. See PLANNED. II or out verb See rough …

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  • 18rough out — PHRASAL VERB If you rough out a drawing or an idea, you draw or write the main features of it before you do it in detail. [V P n (not pron)] Wood roughed out a possible framework for their story. [Also V n P] Syn: sketch …

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  • 19in rough — phrase if you do a piece of written work in rough, you do it in a form that you will finish or improve at a later time Thesaurus: referring to parts of documents or pieces of writingsynonym parts of pieces of writingmeronym Main entry: rough * *… …

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  • 20Roughdraw — Rough draw , v. t. To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch. [1913 Webster] …

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