WITHDRAW | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of withdraw in English withdrawverb uk /wɪðˈdrɔː/ us /wɪðˈdrɑː/ withdrew | withdrawn

withdraw verb (REMOVE)

Add to word list Add to word list 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 The UN has withdrawn its troops from the country. Eleven million bottles of water had to be withdrawn from sale due to a health scare.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 All charges against them were withdrawn after the prosecution's case collapsed.formal After lunch, we withdrew into her office to finish our discussion in private.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. to go backwards

• reverseThe road ahead was blocked by a tree so I had to reverse.
• backI backed into the drive.
• back upI backed up into an empty parking space.
• retreatShe retreated hastily back up the stairs.
• pull backUN peacekeepers have pulled back from the border.
• withdrawThe British army withdrew from Dunkirk in 1940.

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• takeAre you allowed to take your phone to school?
• bringCould someone bring me a cup of coffee?
• takeSomeone's taken my pen.
• removeCan someone please remove this ugly plant?
• take awayWhen you've finished your meal, the waiter takes the plates away.
• take outShe opened her bag and took out a small notebook.

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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.

Removing and extracting

• ablate
• abstract
• abstraction
• bowdlerization
• bowdlerized
• excerpt
• extraction
• filter something out
• filterable
• filtration
• fish something out phrasal verb
• flick something from something
• peel
• remove
• remover
• rip someone off phrasal verb
• root something out/up phrasal verb
• root something/someone out phrasal verb
• wipe
• withdrawal

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Withdrawing money

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. Shy and modest

• aw shucks
• backward
• bashful
• bashfully
• bashfulness
• humility
• inadequacy
• inadequate
• indoorsiness
• indoorsy
• reticence
• reticently
• retiring
• self-conscious
• self-consciously
• shyly
• shyness
• unassuming
• wallflower
• withdrawn

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Not being friendly (Definition of withdraw from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

withdraw | American Dictionary

withdrawverb [ I/T ] us /wɪθˈdrɔ, wɪð-/ past tense withdrew us/wɪθˈdru, wɪð-/ | past participle withdrawn us/wɪθˈdrɔn, wɪð-/ Add to word list Add to word list to take something back, or to remove something: [ T ] He asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a Golden Globe Award. [ T ] Democrats threatened to withdraw (= stop giving) their support of the tax bill. [ T ] I have to withdraw (= take out) some money from an ATM machine. (Definition of withdraw from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

withdraw | Business English

withdrawverb uk /wɪðˈdrɔː/ us withdrew | withdrawn Add to word list Add to word list [ T ]   BANKING to take money out of an account: This account allows you to withdraw a maximum daily amount of $500.withdraw cash/funds/savings The economic crisis saw people queuing to withdraw their savings. [ T ]   COMMERCE to stop selling a product or offering a service, usually because of a problem or fault: The product was withdrawn from the market on safety grounds. The brewery said there was no connection between their decision to withdraw one of their local beers and the dispute with their main competitor. [ T ] to remove something that you previously agreed to provide: withdraw funding/support The opposition threatened to withdraw support for the government's pension plans.withdraw an application/bid/offer Morgan Stanley withdrew the job offer. [ I ] to stop being involved in a situation, having a particular responsibility, or belonging to an organization: withdraw from (doing) sth Despite the stock market crash, only one corporate investor has withdrawn from the deal.withdraw as sth He withdrew as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. [ T ] to tell people officially that something you said earlier is not true or correct: withdraw a remark/claim/statement She was advised to withdraw her statement. The Foreign Office withdrew advice to holidaymakers not to travel to some areas in the Far East. withdraw an accusation/allegation/complaint (Definition of withdraw from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of withdraw

withdraw When the safe zone collapsed in the next phase of the war, they confronted this dilemma directly by temporarily withdrawing their protection of civilians. From the Cambridge English Corpus After this age any worker may begin withdrawing funds, regardless of how much he or she has accumulated. From the Cambridge English Corpus The aspirated cytoplasm and the spermatozoon were then gently ejected into the cytoplasm and the needle was withdrawn. From the Cambridge English Corpus The tip of the needle was gently positioned inside the target pronucleus which was aspirated, while the needle was withdrawn. From the Cambridge English Corpus As noted, the practice of withdrawing young girls from school greatly diminished in the late 1960s and 1970s. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, this amount does not exactly represent the resources available for retirement since this includes the amounts that have been withdrawn for housing and investments. From the Cambridge English Corpus One of the three woman, who was ninety-five years of age, was withdrawn when it became clear that she found the interviews too exhausting. From the Cambridge English Corpus Federal officials said employers were withdrawing from the fund faster, increasing the burden on those that remained. From the Cambridge English Corpus Attempting to come to terms with these rapid social changes, individuals increasingly withdrew into silence, fearful of exposing their true selves to strangers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Similar considerations inhibited governments from issuing official warnings to opposition newspapers or from withdrawing their publishing concession. From the Cambridge English Corpus Packets were withdrawn from storage at different intervals, ranging from 6 h to 730 d, and seed viability estimated. From the Cambridge English Corpus In ten years they miscued only once, putting out an inflammatory tract, which was quickly withdrawn on governmental advice. From the Cambridge English Corpus The notion that privatization and deregulation can solve these problems by withdrawing the state from command is an illusion. From the Cambridge English Corpus With the bevel of the needle facing downwards, as much liquid as possible was withdrawn from both the well and the cover-slip. From the Cambridge English Corpus Many social provisions have been withdrawn, and the low-income groups largely have to rely on themselves to survive. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of withdraw These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of withdraw? What is the pronunciation of withdrew?

Translations of withdraw

in Chinese (Traditional) 撤回, 抽回, 取回… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 撤回, 抽回, 取回… See more in Spanish retirar, recluirse, sacar… See more in Portuguese retirar, tirar, sacar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian माघार घेणे, काढणे… See more （お金）を引き出す, 取り消す, 撤回する… See more hesaptan para çekmek, çekmek, çekip almak… See more retirer, (se) retirer, se replier sur soi… See more treure, retirar, retirar(-se)… See more (zich) terugtrekken, terugnemen, opnemen… See more எடுக்க அல்லது வெளியேற அல்லது பின்வாங்க, அல்லது அகற்ற… See more निकालना या बाहर जाना या पीछे हटना, या हटाना… See more નાણાં ઉપાડવાં, પાછું ખેંચવું, નીકળી જવું… See more trække sig tilbage, trække tilbage, hæve… See more dra [sig] tillbaka, dra sig ur, ta tillbaka… See more berundur, menarik semula, pengeluaran wang… See more (sich) zurückziehen, zurücknehmen, abheben… See more ta ut, trekke tilbake, trekke seg tilbake… See more نکالنا, واپس لینا, ہٹانا… See more відкликати, відводити, брати назад… See more ఉపసం‌హరించుకోవడం… See more প্রত্যাহার… See more stáhnout (se), odstoupit, vzít zpět… See more mundur, mencabut, menarik… See more ถอนคืน, ถอนคำพูด, ถอนเงิน… See more rút quân, lấy lại, rút tiền… See more wypłacać, pobierać, wycofać… See more (돈을) 인출하다, 중단하다, 철수하다… See more prelevare, ritirare, revocare… See more Need a translator?

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