'draw out' definitions:

Definition of 'draw out'

(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
verb
Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [syn: prolong, protract, extend, draw out]
verb
Make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"
verb
Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" [syn: educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out]
verb
Remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out]
verb
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram" [syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out]