drew down

verb

past tense of draw down
as in spent
to make complete use of I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition

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Recent Examples of drew down Although the market has adapted and prices have remained relatively low considering the historic supply shock during the war, that’s in large part because demand for oil collapsed and China drew down its massive oil stockpiles. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Bonta’s office drew down an auxiliary state fund appropriated for such actions by more than $19 million during the 2025-26 fiscal year, the attorney general said in a report to the Legislature also released Tuesday. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026 While the operation eventually drew down, DHS has continued to have a tumultuous 2026. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 16 July 2026 The plan limited cuts to a Black Student Achievement program and drew down funds from a retiree health benefit trust fund to show the district could stay solvent. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The higher benefits drew down the fund, and when the Great Recession struck six years later, rapidly expanding unemployment, the sudden spike in payouts forced the state to borrow about $10 billion from the federal government. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 2 June 2026 Between the latter date and the end of March, a further £15m was paid back, but the club also drew down an extra £60m on the facility in that period. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Brussels also sought to smooth ties with Washington, finalizing a transatlantic trade deal even as the US drew down its troop presence in Europe. — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 22 May 2026 Away from Big Oil's headline beats, Clark Williams-Derry, analyst at energy think tank IEEFA, saidthat energy giants took on significant short-term debt and drew down their cash reserves in the first quarter. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drew down
  1. spent
  2. consumed
  3. exhausted
  4. drained
  5. played out
  6. reduced
  7. absorbed
  8. used up
Verb
  • Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This is one of the newer segments to join Spotify, which has also been expanding from podcasting and music into fitness, in a push to increase customer stickiness and the time spent on the platform.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • At least Mark Zuckerberg had the decency to be duplicitous, Altman is just openly consumed by the mania of trying to win the most important technological arms race since the atom bomb.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The same technology that’s transformed how audiobooks are consumed has also changed how they’re made.
    — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of consumed
Verb
  • In fact, even before the show actually starts, Bob can be exhausted, having been awake since some ridiculous hour.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Our joy in the world is drained away, along with our ability to feel fully human.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Micron still trading 15% below its June peak and Nvidia sitting at such a steep discount to the market P/E and that of defensive, capex-light Apple, suggest a level of sobriety that – all else equal – could mean that some risk has been drained away.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of drained
Verb
  • One example of this messaging disconnect played out on the Upper West Side, in the Democratic primary for the 69th Assembly District.
    — Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • Scenes like these have played out across the country as America celebrates its 250th birthday and more people look for ways to take part.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026
Definition of played out
Verb
  • To help pay for its tax cuts, the act reduced Medicaid payments by a trillion dollars over the next decade, though it was designed to delay the full impact of the cuts until 2027, after this year’s elections.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The agency reduced service earlier this year and has proposed more cuts in recent board meetings.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of reduced
Verb
  • Much of those losses were uninsured, leaving the losses to be absorbed by governments, businesses, or households.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Get absorbed in work, movement, or a project that lets your energy become productive instead of argumentative.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of absorbed
Verb
  • The markets price in a number of other factors—most obviously the opposition’s advertising campaign, which will go largely unanswered because the proponents of Proposition 40 used up most of their cash to gather signatures to get it on the ballot.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Large data centers can consume up to 5 million gallons per day; a recent study modelling water use in African data centers found that ChatGPT-4 used up to 60 liters of water — or a standard washing machine cycle — to produce a 10-page paper.
    — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of used up

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“Drew down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drew%20down. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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