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UK
/wɪðdɹˈɔː/
]
[ US /wɪðˈdɹɔ, wɪθˈdɹɔ/ ]
[ US /wɪðˈdɹɔ, wɪθˈdɹɔ/ ]
VERB
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cause to be returned
recall the defective auto tires
The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt -
retire gracefully
He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship -
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
She drew $2,000 from the account
The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank -
pull back or move away or backward
The enemy withdrew
The limo pulled away from the curb -
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
He backed out of his earlier promise
The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns
We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him -
withdraw from active participation
He retired from chess -
lose interest
he retired from life when his wife died -
break from a meeting or gathering
We adjourned for lunch
The men retired to the library -
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
remove a wrapper
take the gun from your pocket
remove a threat
This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Remove the dirty dishes from the table -
take back what one has said
He swallowed his words -
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
disengage the gears
I want to disengage myself from his influence -
keep away from others
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
How To Use withdraw In A Sentence
- There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner? Canada and the Empire
- I'd like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my check account.
- The money is commonly laundered via cash deposits to friends or family members' bank accounts and is quickly withdrawn to be paid to the gang leaders. Times, Sunday Times
- The commander-in-chief was given 36 hours to secure a withdrawal of his troops from the combat zone.
- Aliquots were withdrawn at the indicated times, the viable titer was determined, and the percentage of survivors was calculated.
- Big Brother will now know every financial tidbit about you, every ATM withdrawl, account deposit, creditcard charge, what you bought .... Senate's Wall Street bill in homestretch
- Unless you return the form within seven days, the offer will be withdrawn.
- Retirement is likely to move from an abrupt halt at a fixed age to a more gradual withdrawal, with the abolition of compulsory retirement ages. Times, Sunday Times
- But shortly afterwards they wrote to him informing him that the job offer had been withdrawn.
- A picket was organised last week after receivers Robson Rhodes refused to withdraw redundancy notices issued to 67 staff.
