draw upon (Meaning)

to obtain resources (as of information), attract, entice, one that draws attention or patronage (see patronage sense 4), to take (money) from a place of deposit, to use as a source of supply, to bring out by way of response, to receive regularly or in due course, a card drawn to replace a discard in poker, the movable part of a drawbridge, to write out in proper form, to come out even in a contest, the distance from the string to the back of a drawn bow (see bow entry 3 sense 2), to fail to gain a desired object (such as information sought), eviscerate, to cause to shrink, contract, or tighten, the act or process of drawing (see draw entry 1), a slight to moderate and usually intentional hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3), the deal in draw poker to improve the players' hands after discarding, a play that simulates a pass play so a runner can go straight up the middle past the pass rushers, the act or result of drawing, to create a likeness or a picture in outlines, to cause to shrink or pucker, a sucking pull on something held with the lips, to decide or assign something by lottery in which straws of unequal length are used, to move (something, such as a covering) over or to one side, to cause local congestion, provoke sense 2, something that draws attention, a lot or chance drawn at random, to cause to go in a certain direction (as by leading), to take (cards) from a stack or from the dealer, to wrinkle or tighten up, to take money from a place of deposit, to cause blood or pus to localize at one point, to receive or take at random, to bring out a weapon, to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance, to strike (a ball) so that a slight to moderate hook (see hook entry 1 sense 3) results, to shape (a material, such as plastic) by stretching or by pulling through dies, the arrangement of competitors in a sporting event by order drawn, to use in making a cash demand, to leave (a contest) undecided, inhale, to pull up or to one side, accumulate, gain, to move or go steadily or gradually, a gully shallower than a ravine, a face-off in ice hockey, to be unable to think of something, to strike (a ball) so as to impart a backward spin, to produce a likeness of by making lines on a surface, to pull back a bowstring, to derive to one's benefit, to stretch or spread by or as if by pulling, to extract the essence from, to design or describe in detail, to receive in the course of play, the force required to draw a bow fully, deduce sense 1a, to exert an attractive force, to produce a draft of air, to make a written demand for payment of money on deposit, to compose by random selection, the selection of competitors in a sports event, to bend (a bow) by pulling back the string, to write out in due form, to change shape by pulling or stretching, to cause (as the contents or essence) to come forth, inhale sense 1, to bring by inducement or allure, to produce a draft, to cause to move toward or localize in a surface, to spread or elongate (metal) by hammering or by pulling through dies, to become localized, to cause to move by pulling, to infer from evidence or premises, to remove the viscera of, to need (a specified depth) to float in, to bring on as a response, to give a portrayal of, to take aim at, to pull up or out, to write and sign (a draft) in due form for use in making a demand, something that is drawn, to pull up or out of a receptacle or place where seated or carried, accumulate sense 1, gain, to cause (an unwanted element) to depart (as from the body or a lesion), to fix an arbitrary (see arbitrary sense 1b) boundary between things that tend to intermingle, a tie contest or game, such as, to move something by pulling, a removal of a handgun from its holster, to receive regularly from a source, to produce a likeness or representation of by making lines on a surface, to require (a specified depth) to float in, to cause to come out of a container or source, to swell out in a wind, to come or go steadily or gradually, bring on, provoke, a contest left undecided or deadlocked, to fix a boundary excluding what one will not tolerate or engage in, backward spin given to a ball by striking it below center compare follow, to bring in or gather from a specified group or area, to describe in words