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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Draw up

Consider the following sentence:


"I asked our foreign ministers TO DRAW UP a statement reaffirming support for the “two-track” policy that included deployment of the new missiles as well as continued negotiations aimed at eliminating intermediate-range weapons from Europe."


In this contexto, what does 'draw up' mean?

  

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" Draw up a statement means to create a document stating something. You might say to your lawyer, draw up a letter to serve to Company X.

  • " Draw up a statement means to create a document stating something.
  • You might say to your lawyer, draw up a letter to serve to Company X.
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From Merriam-Webster:

draw up

: to prepare a draft or version of draw up plans

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