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Antonyms for withdraw
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : with-draw, with- |
Phonetic Transcription : wɪðˈdrɔ, wɪθ- |
Definition of withdraw
Origin :- early 13c., "to take back," from with "away" + drawen "to draw," possibly a loan-translation of Latin retrahere "to retract." Sense of "to remove oneself" is recorded from c.1300.
- verb remove something or someone from situation
- verb retract; declare void
- But if this goes on, it is the gentlemen who ought to withdraw.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Here is her father; withdraw a little, and let me tell him who you are.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- Send an army into Attica, and compel the Athenians to withdraw their forces from Potidaea.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- Boabdil motioned to the Moor to withdraw, and an alfaqui advanced in his stead.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The grey-haired gentleman had roused himself, and was preparing to withdraw.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- They say that they are gone to the Town-hall to fetch the order for Tilly's horse to withdraw.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- If he had only been able to withdraw the more rabid of his biting remarks about the Fathers.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Then you are not disposed to withdraw your name from the concern?
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- If they anticipated overthrow, why did they not withdraw in time?
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- Sammy was allowed to withdraw, and the council of two was resumed.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
Synonyms for withdraw
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- absent oneself
- annul
- back out
- bail out
- ban
- bar
- blow
- book
- bow out
- call off
- check out
- depart
- detach
- disavow
- disclaim
- disengage
- dissolve
- draw away
- draw back
- drop out
- ease out
- eliminate
- exfiltrate
- exit
- extract
- fall back
- forswear
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- give ground
- give way
- go
- invalidate
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- leave
- make oneself scarce
- nullify
- phase out
- pull back
- pull out
- quail
- quash
- quit
- recall
- recant
- recede
- recoil
- renege
- renig
- repress
- repudiate
- rescind
- retire
- retreat
- reverse
- revoke
- run along
- secede
- seclude oneself
- shrink
- stamp out
- suppress
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take back
- take leave
- take off
- take out
- unsay
- vacate
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