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Phrase(s): drain something from someone or something
to cause something to flow out of someone or something. • The farmers drained the water from the flooded fields. • The doctor drained the fluids from Roger after his operation., Phrase(s): drain from something
to flow out of something. • All the dirty oil drained from the engine. • The milk drained from the leaky container and covered the bottom of the refrigerator. drain out to flow out or empty. • All the milk drained out of the container onto the bottom of the refrigerator. • All the oil drained out of the crankcase.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs