draw attention

verb

draw attention

verb
1

to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something.

  • Please be quiet. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves.
  • I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the chart.
1 more example
  • The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132:

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