transitive verb
1. : to induce to participate or enter : entice , inveigle
was asked to participate but he refused to be drawn in
2. : to draw roughly or as part of a whole : sketch
drew in the background
3. : to shape (as the toe of a sock) so that the area of each succeeding section along a longitudinal axis will be smaller than that of the section preceding it
intransitive verb
1. : to draw quickly toward an end
as day drew in and twilight deepened
: shorten in a seasonally normal manner
the evenings are drawing in and it will soon be winter
2. : to be or become more economical or conservative
we've spent too much lately, we'll have to draw in for a while
when I read him his own words he drew in and admitted he had gone too far