drawing in

verb

present participle of draw in
as in roping (in)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawing in
  1. leading on
  2. persuading
  3. snowing
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  • Batula had witnessed Wilson leading on Miller and spoke ill of their connection in the media.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Rowan Woods, the former creative chief at the Edinburgh TV Festival, has been leading on this work for months as an independent consultant.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of leading on
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  • In March, one of DraftKings’ cofounders, Matthew Kalish, stepped down as president—but not before persuading the board to approve a series of potentially lucrative deals to benefit his new marketing company.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • According to sources close to the player, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, an early-summer meeting with Howe in London proved crucial in persuading Steur to move to Tyneside.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of persuading
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  • The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • David Clarey David Clarey Milwaukee could see thunderstorms and maybe hail before it is expected to begin snowing on Sunday, March 15.
    — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of snowing
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