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HeavansCloud Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Draw In/Out

"The days/evenings/nights are drawing in."
"The days/evenings/nights are drawing out."

How to interpret "draw in/out"?
  

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draw in= if the days or nights draw in, it starts to get dark earlier in the evening because winter is coming draw out= if the days or nights draw out, it stays light until later in the evening because summer is coming

  • draw in= if the days or nights draw in, it starts to get dark earlier in the evening because winter is coming draw out= if the days or nights draw out, it stays light until later in the evening because summer is coming
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draw in= if the days or nights draw in, it starts to get dark earlier in the evening because winter is coming

draw out= if the days or nights draw out, it stays light until later in the evening because summer is coming
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But if the days draw in, don't the nights necessarily draw out? And vice versa?

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