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withdraw
v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [synonym: {withdraw},
{retreat}, {pull away}, {draw back}, {recede}, {pull back},
{retire}, {move back}] [ant: {advance}, {go on}, {march
on}, {move on}, {pass on}, {progress}]
2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
[synonym: {retire}, {withdraw}]
3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or
entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence";
"disengage the gears" [synonym: {disengage}, {withdraw}] [ant:
{engage}, {lock}, {mesh}, {operate}]
4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [synonym:
{recall}, {call in}, {call back}, {withdraw}]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [synonym:
{swallow}, {take back}, {unsay}, {withdraw}]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [synonym: {seclude}, {sequester}, {sequestrate},
{withdraw}]
7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [synonym: {adjourn}, {withdraw},
{retire}]
8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no
longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [synonym: {bow
out}, {withdraw}]
9: 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" [synonym: {withdraw}, {draw},
{take out}, {draw off}] [ant: {bank}, {deposit}]
10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
[synonym: {retire}, {withdraw}]
11: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
investment company pulled in its horns" [synonym: {retreat},
{pull back}, {back out}, {back away}, {crawfish}, {crawfish
out}, {pull in one's horns}, {withdraw}]
12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking
off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat";
"remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the
table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
withdraws heat from the environment" [synonym: {remove}, {take},
{take away}, {withdraw}]