draw on
To use your past experience or skills to help with something now, or for evening to get closer.
Meanings
To use a supply of something, especially experience, knowledge, or skill, as a resource.
"In writing the novel, she drew on her own childhood memories for inspiration."
(Mainly literary/British) For time or a period of day to approach or advance.
"As evening drew on, the temperature began to drop sharply."
To put on clothing, especially gloves or stockings, by pulling them onto the body.
"She drew on her gloves before stepping out into the cold."
The 'use a resource' sense is very common in academic and professional writing. The 'approach' sense (as in 'evening draws on') is more literary and chiefly British. Do not confuse with the literal meaning of drawing something on paper or a surface.
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