draw against

idiom

British

: to choose (a team) to play against (another team) without knowing which teams are being chosen (as by drawing names)

The French team have been drawn against Greece in the first round.

Examples of draw against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Take this one in the 2-2 away draw against Liverpool on January 5. —Carl Anka, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

The next day, in a 2-2 draw against Everton at Goodison Park, Onana largely kept the ball on the deck. —Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025

Or think back to the 1-1 draw against Liverpool in January when Luis Diaz ran free on a counter-attack and, again, Murillo popped up to save his team. —Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

State of play: The team opened the 2025 National Women's Soccer League season last Saturday with a 1-1 draw against NJ/NY Gotham FC. —Christine Clarridge, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for draw against

• recommenced
• recompensed
• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed