withdrawverb
uk/wɪðˈdrɔː/us/wɪðˈdrɑː/withdrew, withdrawnwithdraw verb (REMOVE)
C1 [ I or T ] to take or move out or back, or to remove:
This credit card allows you to withdraw up to £200 a day from ATMs.
The UN has withdrawn its troops from the country.
Eleven million bottles of water had to be withdrawn from sale due to a health scare.
Once in court, he withdrew the statement he'd made to the police (= he claimed it was false).
All charges against them were withdrawn after the prosecution's case collapsed.
formal After lunch, we withdrew into her office to finish our discussion in private.
She had to withdraw from the competition because of a leg injury.
Following his nervous breakdown, he withdrew from public life and refused to give any interviews.
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- The Soviet Union became anxious to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan imbroglio.
- On Wednesday night the UN issued its toughest ultimatum to date, demanding that all troops withdraw from the city.
- Trade sanctions will only be lifted when the aggressor nation withdraws its troops.
- We are committed to withdrawing our troops by the end of the year.
- To the mortification of the show's organizers, the top performers withdrew at the last minute.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- pump out sth
- removable
- remove
- root
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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withdraw verb (STOP CONTACT)
[ I ] to stop talking to other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around you:
As a child, she frequently withdrew into her own fantasy world.
After the accident, he withdrew into himself and refused to talk to family or friends.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- be backward in coming forward idiom
- coy
- efface
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- introvert
- modest
- reticent
- self-effacing
- selfless
- shrinking violet
- shy
- shyly
- shyness
- withdrawal
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