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draw off

/drɔː ɒf/

/drɔ ɔf/

Translations

draw offverb

drew off

Past Simple

drawn off

Past Participle

drawing off

Gerund

/drɔː ɒf/

/drɔ ɔf/

The engineer had to draw off the excess water from the reservoir.

Инженеру пришлось отводить избыточную воду из резервуара.

They need to draw off the oil from the tank before cleaning it.

Им нужно слить масло из бака перед его очисткой.

Additional translations

Synonyms

pull off

take out

draw offverb

To remove or take away a liquid from a larger body or container.

The farmer drew off some water from the well to irrigate the fields.

To divert or take away attention or resources from something.

The new project drew off resources from the ongoing development.