Withdraw

Word WITHDRAW
Character 8
Hyphenation with draw
Pronunciations /wɪðˈdɹɔː/

Definitions and meanings of "Withdraw"

What do we mean by withdraw?

To take back or away; remove. intransitive verb

To cause to leave or return. intransitive verb

To remove (money) from an account. intransitive verb

To turn away (one's gaze, for example). intransitive verb

To draw aside. intransitive verb

To remove from consideration or participation. intransitive verb

To recall or retract. intransitive verb

To move or draw back; retire. intransitive verb

To leave or return, as from a military position. intransitive verb

To remove oneself from active participation. intransitive verb

To become detached from social or emotional involvement. intransitive verb

To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure. intransitive verb

To discontinue the use of an addictive substance. intransitive verb

To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation. intransitive verb

To draw back, aside, or away; take back; remove.

To pull (something) back, aside, or away.

To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.

To take back (a comment, etc); retract.

To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.

To extract (money from an account).

To retreat.

To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Withdraw

The word "withdraw" in example sentences

It suggests a much more active decision to end the treaty and is much closer to the term breach than the term withdraw. ❋ William Safire (2004)

OH OH I forget he couldn't withdraw from a republican committee he had his hand in the pot to "withdraw" some of the coffers MAYBE ❋ Unknown (2009)

Your favorite doctors or hospital may withdraw from the plan's preferred provider network, boosting the cost to use them or even eliminating them as an option. ❋ Jason Alderman (2010)

If, on the other hand, the recession forced a tax equity partner to withdraw from a project already under construction, the project developer would be saddled with a major financial problem, with construction costs already committed to the project but a key financial backer now absent. ❋ Devon Swezey (2010)

In an apparent effort to undermine administration's efforts, Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer and Robert Casey joined with Republican Senators Johnny Isakson and Richard Burr in preparing a letter to President Obama that criticizes Abbas 'threat to withdraw from the talks while completely ignoring the threatened resumption of Netanyahu's illegal colonization drive that would prompt it. ❋ Stephen Zunes (2010)

Although Nothing's protagonist, Pierre, seems to withdraw from the world, he is not necessarily a nihilist (one who believes in nothing). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Check (Paul Ryan); forcing the US to withdraw from the UN? ❋ Arianna Huffington (2010)

However, a nihilist does not withdraw from the world and shout his beliefs from the treetops, nor does he care whether or not he can convert others to his philosophy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is no mention in the letter that Netanyahu should abide by commitments of previous Israeli governments to freeze the settlement drive nor is there any mention of the five UN Security Council resolutions and the 2004 World Court decision calling on Israel to withdraw from the already-existing settlements. ❋ Stephen Zunes (2010)

We'll see as our forces withdraw from the cities of Iraq that we never should have started that war either. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Recent polling shows Hickenlooper maintaining a consistent lead over Tancredo, with Maes -- the beleaguered GOP nominee who rejected calls to withdraw from the race -- dropping down to the single-digits. ❋ Chris Cillizza (2010)

EDF says it is "extremely disappointed and shocked to learn that Constellation has unilaterally decided to withdraw from the Calvert Cliffs 3 project." ❋ Harvey Wasserman (2010)

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