draw lots

English

Alternative forms

cast lots

Verb

draw lots (third-person singular simple present draws lots, present participle drawing lots, simple past drew lots, past participle drawn lots)

To choose by random chance.

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Translations

Translations

Catalan: treure a sorts, sortejar (ca)
Finnish: arpoa (fi)
French: tirer au sort (fr)
Galician: sortear (gl), botar a sortes
German: auslosen (de), knobeln (de)
Italian: tirare a sorte, sorteggiare (it), estrarre a sorte
Polish: losować (pl) impf, wylosować pf
Portuguese: sortear (pt)
Spanish: echar a suertes, sortear (es)
Swedish: dra lott, lotta (sv)
Turkish: adçekmek (tr)
Welsh: tynnu cwtws

References

“draw lots”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“to draw lots”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“draw lots” (US) / “draw lots” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“draw lots straws” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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