DRAW OUT

(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"
synonyms : extend , prolong , protract
Bina and Raju fell in love with Darjeeling and decided to protract their holiday by a week. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) cause to speak,
"Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
(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"
synonyms : extract , pull , pull out , pull up , take out
(verb) remove as if by suction
"aspirate the wound"
synonyms : aspirate , suck out
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
synonyms : educe , elicit , evoke , extract
“the music evoked images of country life”, “the police extracted all the vital information about the suspects” -added by nsrees
(verb) make more sociable
"The therapist drew out the shy girl"

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