2draw noun
plural draws [count] 1 : someone or something that causes a lot of people to come to a place : attraction
▪ Their band is the main draw at the festival. ▪ The festival is always a big draw. 2 : the final result of a game, contest, etc., that does not have a winner : tie
▪ The game ended in a draw. = The game was a draw. [=both teams/players had the same score] ▪ They played to a 3–3 draw. [=each team/player had 3 points when the game ended] 3 chiefly Brit : drawing
▪ Who won the (prize) draw? — often + for ▪ The draw for the raffle will take place in one hour. 4 : an act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. : drag — often + on or from ▪ He took a long draw on/from his cigarette.
▪ Their band is the main draw at the festival. ▪ The festival is always a big draw.
▪ The game ended in a draw. = The game was a draw. [=both teams/players had the same score] ▪ They played to a 3–3 draw. [=each team/player had 3 points when the game ended]
▪ Who won the (prize) draw? — often + for ▪ The draw for the raffle will take place in one hour.
be quick on the draw
: to be quick about removing a gun from where it is kept : to quickly draw a gun and be ready to shoot it — often used figuratively ▪ When the huge crowd suddenly became unruly, security was quick on the draw. [=security reacted very quickly] ▪ Critics may have been a little too quick on the draw.
the luck of the draw — see 1luck
