draw on
• use one's experience, talents, or skills as a resource.
• "Sue has a lot of past experience to draw on"
Similar:
call on,
have recourse to,
avail oneself of,
turn to,
look to,
fall back on,
rely on,
make use of,
exploit,
use,
employ,
utilize,
bring into play,
• (of a period of time) pass by and approach its end.
• "he remembered sitting in silence with his grandmother as evening drew on"
• put an item of clothing on.
• "he drew on his dressing gown"
• suck smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
• "she drew heavily on her cigarette"
