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What does draw the curtain mean?
What does draw the curtain mean?
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@Nenekojung
To push them aside so they let in sunlight
“Draw” is used in this case to mean “to pull”
Like in the phrase “Draw in the rope”
So it means to pull each side to its holder and make them look like this
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