draw out

verbs

cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"
draw out
is a type of (narrower)
attempt to communicate
"I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn't want to have anything to do with me"
reach out
lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
"We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
draw out, extend, prolong, protract
make more sociable
"The therapist drew out the shy girl"
draw out
is a type of (narrower)
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
encourage
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract
remove as if by suction
"aspirate the wound"
aspirate, draw out, suck out
remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
"pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take out