Synonyms for draw in
- activate
- breed
- bring about
- cause
- coax
- convince
- engender
- generate
- lead to
- motivate
- persuade
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- urge
- abet
- actuate
- bulldoze
- cajole
- draw
- effect
- get
- goose
- impel
- incite
- influence
- instigate
- make
- move
- occasion
- press
- procure
- soft-soap
- squeeze
- steamroll
- sway
- sweet-talk
- wheedle
- argue into
- bring around
- get up
- give rise to
- prevail upon
- sell one on
- set in motion
- suck in
- talk into
- twist one's arm
- win over
Antonyms for draw in
WORD ORIGIN
c.1200, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb; past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "carry" (cf. Old Norse draga "to draw," Old Saxon dragan, Old Frisian draga, Middle Dutch draghen, Old High German tragen, German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhragh- (see drag (v.)).
Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is c.1200. Meaning "pull out a weapon" is c.1200. To draw a criminal (drag him from a horse to place of execution) is from early 14c. To draw a blank "come up with nothing" (1825) is an image from lotteries. As a noun, from 1660s; colloquial sense of "anything that can draw a crowd" is from 1881 (the verb in this sense is 1580s).