to drain (off)
71draw off — {v. phr.} To drain away; deflect. * /A light flanking attack was made in order to draw off the enemy s fire./ …
72draw off — {v. phr.} To drain away; deflect. * /A light flanking attack was made in order to draw off the enemy s fire./ …
73To draw off — draw draw (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p. {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE. dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear,… …
74run off — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To pour out] Syn. empty, flow off, wash; see drain 3 . 2. [To abandon] Syn. depart, flee, go; see escape , leave 1 . 3. [To produce] Syn. turn out, duplicate, publish; see manufacture 1 , print 2 , reproduce 1 …
75draw\ off — v. phr. To drain away; deflect. A light flanking attack was made in order to draw off the enemy s fire …
76taper off — taper / taper off [v] decrease to a point abate, bate, close, come to a point, die away, die out, diminish, drain, dwindle, fade, lessen, narrow, recede, reduce, rescind, subside, thin, thin out, wane, weaken, wind down; concepts 137,698,776 Ant …
77hose pinch-off pliers — A special tool to pinch off hoses when servicing the cooling system; pivoting jaws squeeze hoses shut so there is no need to drain the system …
78polish off — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Informal. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. See INCREASE. 2. Informal. To eat completely or entirely: consume, devour, dispatch, eat… …
79run something off — 1》 produce a copy on a machine. 2》 write or recite something quickly and with little effort. 3》 drain liquid from a container. → run …
80drawing off — noun act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source the drawing of water from the well • Syn: ↑drawing • Derivationally related forms: ↑draw (for: ↑drawing) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
