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draw
(redirected from draw fire)

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To aim a firearm, or deadly weapon, at a particular target.

To prepare a written bill of exchange, Commercial Paper, draft, or negotiable instrument and place one's signature on it, creating a legal obligation under its terms. To write a document, such as a deed, complaint, or petition, including the essential information necessary to make it legally effective upon its execution by the designated parties.

To lawfully remove money from an account held in a bank, treasury, or other depository.


draw v. 1) to prepare any document. 2) specifically to have prepared and sign a bill of exchange or check.


draw (Attendance), noun frequence, level of attendance
draw (Attraction), noun attractiveness, enticement, force, gravity, influence, magnetism, pull
draw (Tie), noun dead heat, deadlock, impasse, standoff
draw (Depict), verb delineate, describe, picture, represent, sketch
draw (Extract), verb concentrate, condense, derive, pull, receive
See also: acquire, bait, bet, characterize, choose, copy, deadlock, delineate, depict, deplete, detail, educe, exhaust, extract, gain, inveigle, lottery, lure, motivate, portray, reap, receive, trace


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Before a national TV audience, Caprarelli ran to a street corner to draw fire from Phillips, emptied his gun, then leapfrogged over a fire hydrant for cover.
While Jimmy may be the first gay game character to draw fire from antigay Christian forces, he joins a small but growing list of explicitly or ambiguously gay characters in video games.
It continues to draw fire for allegedly stifling small businesses and squeezing its vendors.
 
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