to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
to bridle
draw out
to extend; lengthen; prolong
to take out; extract
to get (a person) to answer or talk
draw up
to arrange in order; marshal
to compose (a document) in proper form; draft
to bring or come to a stop
to raise one's shoulders and pull one's limbs close to the body; huddle
See draw in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms
draw a blank
To fail to find or remember something.
draw and quarter
To execute (a prisoner) by tying each limb to a horse and driving the horses in different directions.
To disembowel and dismember after hanging.
Informal
To punish severely: The teenager was drawn and quartered for wrecking the family's only car.
draw straws
To decide by a lottery with straws of unequal lengths.
draw the line
To decide firmly an arbitrary boundary between two things: “Where do you draw the line between your own decisions and those of your superiors?”(Robert Marion).
To decide firmly the limit of what one will tolerate or participate in: The officer committed fraud but drew the line at blackmail.