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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Drawing blood
Consider the following sentence:
"He's the best nurse at drawing blood."
Does 'to draw blood' mean 'to collect blood' (for a blookd analysis)?
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It does.
- It does.
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The verb to draw means to pull using force, or to move in a particular direction.
In your example, blood is being pulled by a negative force into a syringe.
We also talk about drawing water from a well.
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