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draw down
Idioms and Phrases
Deplete by consuming or spending, as in The government worries about drawing down our oil reserves .Example Sentences
Wholesalers and distributors continue to draw down bloated inventories.
And a weaker biological carbon pump is less able to draw down atmospheric carbon into the ocean, “which means we may be underestimating future temperatures,” Crichton said, as this is a positive feedback to warming.
A DfI spokesperson added that in November 2024 it told the developer that if they fail to take action, the department would "undertake the necessary remedial works and draw down the funds from the associated bond".
St. John’s later reported that it was unable to draw down an additional $1 million in federal funding through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which was intended to support mental health services for transgender and nonbinary people.
The programs, which serve nearly 20,000 children from birth through age 5, report receiving “pending” or “in process” messages when they request to draw down funds from their grant from an online payment system.
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