to draw
- verb
- /drษ/
- NSFW
- I'll see you drawn and quartered!
- drawn and quartered
- hanged and drawn
Examples
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Even here he's hung, drawn, and quartered for less than that.
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They should be hung, drawn and quartered.
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Have her drawn and quartered.
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Suddenly, the boy drew a revolver and shot the German dead.
Academic text (2003) -
Perhaps after that, you can have me drawn and quartered.
Fiction book (2002) -
Brandreth, Ludlam, and Turner were sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Academic text (2010) -
Brothers and sisters... one week from now... in this very square... we shall, as a demonstration of our resolve... as a sure sign to those who attempt to threaten... our Party and our State... we shall execute publicly... the same number of Eastasian prisoners... by hanging, drawing and quartering.
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You will be hanged, drawn and quartered for your crimes against the kingdom.
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The law dictated that anyone convicted of treason must be drawn and quartered as punishment.
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In history, many were drawn and quartered as a dire warning to others.
Synonyms
To kill someone by tying each limb to a horse and pulling them apart
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
Idioms
- Offensive
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
- Offensive
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
- Informal
To end up by chance with an unpleasant task or in a worse position
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To pull tissue or skin to the side to hold a wound open during surgery
- Literature
To stop or slow progress by controlling it, like a rider pulling the straps that guide a horse
Compounds
- Jargon
A football play where the quarterback fakes a pass then hands the ball to a running back
A type of poker where players discard some cards and get new ones to improve their hand
Surface Forms
Etymology
Draw in the historical sense of being torn apart comes from the plain old word 'to pull', and people were literally 'drawn' by being pulled in opposite directions.