withdraw

with|draw [ wıð`drɔ ] (past tense with|drew [ wıð`dru ] ; past participle with|drawn [ wıð`drɔn ] ) verb **

▸ 1 stop providing something

▸ 2 stop taking part

▸ 3 get money from bank

▸ 4 say something said is not true

▸ 5 take something out of something

▸ 6 prefer to be alone

1. ) transitive to take something back, or stop providing something:

The bus service in many rural areas has been withdrawn.

The drug had to be withdrawn because of its side effects.

He has had his pilot's license withdrawn.

withdraw your support: Some parents have withdrawn their support from the school.

withdraw funding/subsidies/sponsorship: Public funding is being withdrawn from the research project.

withdraw something from sale/the market: We are withdrawing the product from sale.

a ) withdraw (your) work to refuse to work because of a disagreement about working hours, salary, etc.:

The right to withdraw work is a basic principle of union membership.

b ) if you withdraw permission or an invitation or offer, you say that it is no longer available:

Her invitation to the press conference was later withdrawn.

2. ) intransitive or transitive to no longer take part in something, or stop someone or something from taking part:

Two candidates threatened to withdraw.

withdraw from: The injury has forced him to withdraw from the competition.

withdraw someone/something from something: The party withdrew their candidate from the election.

a ) intransitive or transitive if an army withdraws or is withdrawn from a place, it leaves:

withdraw from: The troops began to withdraw from the northern region.

withdraw someone/something from something: Government forces were withdrawn from the island yesterday.

b ) intransitive FORMAL to leave a place or person:

After lunch they withdrew to their own rooms.

She withdrew into a corner.

3. ) transitive to take money from a bank account:

withdraw cash/money/savings: You can withdraw cash at any of our branches.

4. ) transitive to say that something you said earlier is not in fact true, especially when you want people to forget that you said it:

withdraw a remark/an objection/an allegation: I asked him to withdraw his remarks and apologize.

withdraw your resignation (=agree to stay in your job): We persuaded her to withdraw her resignation.

5. ) transitive FORMAL to take something out of something else:

She opened the drawer and withdrew a large envelope.

withdraw something from something: He withdrew the book from his pocket.

6. ) intransitive to behave as if you want to be alone:

withdraw into your shell/a world of your own: When people got angry, she withdrew into her shell.