drawdown
pronunciation
How to pronounce drawdown in British English:
UK [ˈdrɔ:daun]
How to pronounce drawdown in American English:
US [ˈdrɔˌdaʊn]
Word Origin
- drawdown (n.)
- of troops, by 1991, in reference to the end of the Cold War; from draw (v.) + down (adv.). Earlier of wells (c. 1900).
Example
- 1. Obama to announce afghanistan drawdown plan .
- 2. U. s. troops have already started the drawdown .
- 3. The military announced the completion of the drawdown on tuesday , about a week before the deadline set by president barack obama .
- 4. In the coming months , I 'll announce the next phase of our drawdown .
- 5. When barack obama set out a timetable for a military drawdown from afghanistan , protests on capitol hill were confined to one or two old-school republicans .