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- UK [wɪðˈdrɔː] / US [wɪðˈdrɔ]
verb
Word forms "withdraw":
present tense I/you/we/they withdraw he/she/it withdraws present participle withdrawing past tense withdrew UK [wɪðˈdruː] / US [wɪðˈdru] past participle withdrawn UK [wɪðˈdrɔːn] / US [wɪðˈdrɔn]1) [intransitive/transitive] to no longer take part in something, or to stop someone or something from taking partwithdraw from:Two candidates threatened to withdraw.
withdraw someone/something from something:The injury has forced him to withdraw from the competition.
The party withdrew their candidate from the election.
2)a) [intransitive/transitive] if an army withdraws or is withdrawn from a place, it leaveswithdraw from:withdraw someone/something from something:The troops began to withdraw from the northern region.
Government forces were withdrawn from the island yesterday.
b) [intransitive] formal to leave a place or personAfter lunch they withdrew to their own rooms.
She withdrew into a corner.
3) [transitive] to take money from a bank accountwithdraw cash/money/savings:You can withdraw cash at any of our branches.
4)a) [transitive] to take something back, or to stop providing somethingThe bus service in many rural areas has been withdrawn.
The drug had to be withdrawn because of its side effects.
withdraw your support:He has had his pilot's licence withdrawn.
withdraw funding/subsidies/sponsorship:Some parents have withdrawn their support from the school.
withdraw something from sale/the market:Public funding is being withdrawn from the research project.
We are withdrawing the product from sale.
b) if you withdraw permission or an invitation or an offer, you say that it is no longer availableHer invitation to the press conference was later withdrawn.
5) [transitive] to say that something you said earlier is not in fact true, especially when you want people to forget that you said itwithdraw a remark/an objection/an allegation:withdraw your resignation (= agree to stay in your job):He withdrew his remarks and apologized.
We persuaded her to withdraw her resignation.
6) [transitive] formal to take something out of something elsewithdraw something from something:She opened the drawer and withdrew a large envelope.
He withdrew the book from his pocket.
7) [intransitive] to behave as if you want to be alonewithdraw into your shell/a world of your own:When people got angry, she withdrew into her shell.
•withdraw (your) labour
— to refuse to work because of a disagreement about working hours, pay etcThe right to withdraw labour is a basic principle of trade unionism.
English dictionary. 2014.