Withdraw
verb
To take or move out or back, or to remove.
I withdrew some money from my bank account.
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- withdraw money
- withdraw an offer
verb
To stop participating or being involved in something.
She had no choice but to withdraw from the race due to her injury.
Often appears as...
- withdraw from the race
- withdraw from a course
verb
To go away from a place or situation, especially because you find it difficult or unpleasant.
The team decided to withdraw to a safer location.
Often appears as...
- withdraw to a safer place
- withdraw from the room
verb
To stop taking or using a drug or other substance.
He decided to withdraw from caffeine entirely.
Often appears as...
- withdraw from drugs
- withdraw from caffeine
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Technical
verb
To take back or remove something that you have said, especially formally in a law court.
The prosecution decided to withdraw the charges.
Often appears as...
- withdraw a claim
- withdraw charges
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To take or move out or back, or to remove.
I withdrew some money from my bank account.
Often appears as...
- withdraw money
- withdraw an offer
verb
To stop participating or being involved in something.
She had no choice but to withdraw from the race due to her injury.
Often appears as...
- withdraw from the race
- withdraw from a course
verb
To go away from a place or situation, especially because you find it difficult or unpleasant.
The team decided to withdraw to a safer location.
Often appears as...
- withdraw to a safer place
- withdraw from the room
verb
To stop taking or using a drug or other substance.
He decided to withdraw from caffeine entirely.
Often appears as...
- withdraw from drugs
- withdraw from caffeine
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To take back or remove something that you have said, especially formally in a law court.
The prosecution decided to withdraw the charges.
Often appears as...
- withdraw a claim
- withdraw charges
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Used when referring to moving something from its place, like money from an account.
She withdrew her hand from the hot stove quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Reversing Decisions
Implies taking back a decision or offer presented to others.
The company withdrew its initial job offer.
Pro Tip 3/3Prefer Avoidance
Suggests avoidance of an event or situation, not always physically leaving.
He withdrew from the conversation as it grew heated.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Used when referring to moving something from its place, like money from an account.
She withdrew her hand from the hot stove quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Reversing Decisions
Implies taking back a decision or offer presented to others.
The company withdrew its initial job offer.
Pro Tip 3/3Prefer Avoidance
Suggests avoidance of an event or situation, not always physically leaving.
He withdrew from the conversation as it grew heated.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Action
Used when referring to moving something from its place, like money from an account.
She withdrew her hand from the hot stove quickly.
Pro Tip 2/3Reversing Decisions
Implies taking back a decision or offer presented to others.
The company withdrew its initial job offer.
Pro Tip 3/3Prefer Avoidance
Suggests avoidance of an event or situation, not always physically leaving.
He withdrew from the conversation as it grew heated.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
that needed to be shown the greatest compassion and care. It was armed with this knowledge that ultimately I would gather together my shattered self, each fragment represented by a different voice, gradually withdraw from all my medication, and return to psychiatry, only this time from the other side.
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The legend of Annapurna,...
Hunger descended on humanity. Parents struggled to console their starving children while their own stomachs rumbled. With nothing to eat, people no longer gathered over heaped bowls of rice, but withdrew and shrank from the darkening world. To His shock and awe,
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Barbed Cat Penis PIPE...
tiny hooks each about a millimeter long they're made of keratin a tough fibrous protein normally found in nails and claws as the male withdraws the hooks scraped the walls of the vagina the barbs have two functions they help
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A Fun, Animated History...
luther is allowed to defend himself at a trial in the city of warmth the church hopes that luther will withdraw what he said and wrote so that everything can return to normal but luther will not he maintains that if
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A brief history of...
But wisdom and emotional intelligence seem pretty high on the hierarchy of needs. Does sadness have value on a more basic, tangible, maybe even evolutionary level? Scientists think that crying and feeling withdrawn
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How to speak up for...
and I helped him craft the perfect one. And it was perfect -- it was perfectly insulting. The company was so offended, they literally withdrew the offer and my brother was left with nothing.
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Attracting outside...
foreign exchange you can see the currency there was not trust in the banking system during those time because when you put your money deposit in the bank you could not withdraw because when
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral Queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers her entourage of nurses in tow carrying the valuable brood
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers her entourage of nurses in tow carrying the valuable brood
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Ants Rip Queen's Legs...
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers
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The voices in my head PIPE...
that needed to be shown the greatest compassion and care. It was armed with this knowledge that ultimately I would gather together my shattered self, each fragment represented by a different voice, gradually withdraw from all my medication, and return to psychiatry, only this time from the other side.
Video examples
The legend of Annapurna,...
Hunger descended on humanity. Parents struggled to console their starving children while their own stomachs rumbled. With nothing to eat, people no longer gathered over heaped bowls of rice, but withdrew and shrank from the darkening world. To His shock and awe,
Video examples
Barbed Cat Penis PIPE...
tiny hooks each about a millimeter long they're made of keratin a tough fibrous protein normally found in nails and claws as the male withdraws the hooks scraped the walls of the vagina the barbs have two functions they help
Video examples
A Fun, Animated History...
luther is allowed to defend himself at a trial in the city of warmth the church hopes that luther will withdraw what he said and wrote so that everything can return to normal but luther will not he maintains that if
Video examples
A brief history of...
But wisdom and emotional intelligence seem pretty high on the hierarchy of needs. Does sadness have value on a more basic, tangible, maybe even evolutionary level? Scientists think that crying and feeling withdrawn
Video examples
How to speak up for...
and I helped him craft the perfect one. And it was perfect -- it was perfectly insulting. The company was so offended, they literally withdrew the offer and my brother was left with nothing.
Video examples
Attracting outside...
foreign exchange you can see the currency there was not trust in the banking system during those time because when you put your money deposit in the bank you could not withdraw because when
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral Queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers her entourage of nurses in tow carrying the valuable brood
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers her entourage of nurses in tow carrying the valuable brood
Video examples
Ants Rip Queen's Legs...
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers
Example 1 of 10
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John Hagel III
American Businessman
Rather than constantly questioning and challenging our beliefs and being willing to think differently about the opportunities that are out there, we withdraw into what we've done before. And in a world that's rapidly changing, that's a formula for vulnerability.
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Ron Johnson
American
Any individual that would be running for office, if they would say something that crosses a line and, in the end, is so significant, so major, that you couldn't support them, I'd have to withdraw support from any individual, okay?
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Kathe Kollwitz
German Artist
While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.
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Jesse James Garrett
American Businessman
As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Occupying armies have responsibilities, not rights. Their primary responsibility is to withdraw as quickly and expeditiously as possible, in a manner determined by the occupied population.
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Paolo Bacigalupi
American Writer
I don't know why we choose to reach out to help another person, or why we decide that we can't, and withdraw and try to care only for ourselves, but I'm fascinated by that choice.
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John Hartford
American Musician
Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.
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Joyce Banda
Politician
If you want me to be a cry baby, I cannot: I am the leader of a country. If you want to give me something and then withdraw it, fine; I must respect your decision.
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Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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Paul Cezanne
French Artist
The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.
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John Hagel III
American Businessman
Rather than constantly questioning and challenging our beliefs and being willing to think differently about the opportunities that are out there, we withdraw into what we've done before. And in a world that's rapidly changing, that's a formula for vulnerability.
Quote examples
Ron Johnson
American
Any individual that would be running for office, if they would say something that crosses a line and, in the end, is so significant, so major, that you couldn't support them, I'd have to withdraw support from any individual, okay?
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Kathe Kollwitz
German Artist
While I drew, and wept along with the terrified children I was drawing, I really felt the burden I am bearing. I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate.
Quote examples
Jesse James Garrett
American Businessman
As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Occupying armies have responsibilities, not rights. Their primary responsibility is to withdraw as quickly and expeditiously as possible, in a manner determined by the occupied population.
Quote examples
Paolo Bacigalupi
American Writer
I don't know why we choose to reach out to help another person, or why we decide that we can't, and withdraw and try to care only for ourselves, but I'm fascinated by that choice.
Quote examples
John Hartford
American Musician
Time is the most important thing there is. That is the only element that you can't withdraw from the situation and still have the situation exist. Everything depends on time.
Quote examples
Joyce Banda
Politician
If you want me to be a cry baby, I cannot: I am the leader of a country. If you want to give me something and then withdraw it, fine; I must respect your decision.
Quote examples
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish Novelist
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
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Paul Cezanne
French Artist
The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.
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