dra till
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
dra + till (expresses suddenness (sense 1 and 2), "to" (sense 3))
Verb edit
dra till (present drar till, preterite drog till, supine dragit till, imperative dra till)
- (colloquial) to hit
- Hon drog till mig i ansiktet med en planka
- She hit me in the face with a plank
- (colloquial, perhaps figuratively, with med) to produce something more-or-less at random with (figurative, often somewhat ironic) force; to pull (something) out, to hit (someone with something)
- Jag har ingen aning, men jag kan dra till med en gissning
- I have no idea, but I could hit you with a guess
- Han drog till med sin specialare
- He pulled out his special trick
- De drar till med en tonartshöjning i slutet av låten
- They pull out a key change near the end of the song
- (reflexive) to attract
- dra till sig uppmärksamhet
- attract attention
- dra till sig flugor
- attract flies