Usually means: Remove liquid from a larger source.
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  1. draw off: Merriam-Webster
  2. draw-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. draw off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. draw off: Vocabulary.com
  5. draw off: Wiktionary
  6. draw off: Dictionary.com
  7. draw off: Rhymezone
  8. draw off: FreeDictionary.org
  9. draw off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. draw off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. draw off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. draw off: Legal dictionary

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  1. draw off: Encyclopedia

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  1. draw off: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (draw off)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To remove by using a siphon.
verb:  (transitive, dated, slang) To distract (someone).
verb:  (intransitive) To retire or retreat.

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