(~s, ~ing, withdrew, ~n)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something from a place, you remove it or take it away. (FORMAL)
He reached into his pocket and withdrew a sheet of notepaper...
Cassandra withdrew her hand from Roger’s.
= remove
VERB: V n, V n from n
2.
When groups of people such as troops ~ or when someone ~s them, they leave the place where they are fighting or where they are based and return nearer home.
He stated that all foreign forces would ~ as soon as the crisis ended...
Unless Hitler withdrew his troops from Poland by 11 o’clock that morning, a state of war would exist between Great Britain and Germany...
Troops withdrew from the north east of the country last March.
VERB: V, V n from n, V from n, also V to n
3.
If you ~ money from a bank account, you take it out of that account.
Open a savings account that does not charge ridiculous fees to ~ money...
They withdrew 100 dollars from a bank account after checking out of their hotel.
VERB: V n, V n from n
4.
If you ~ from an activity or organization, you stop taking part in it.
The African National Congress threatened to ~ from the talks.
VERB: V from n, also V
5.
If you ~ a remark or statement that you have made, you say that you want people to ignore it. (FORMAL)
He withdrew his remarks and explained what he had meant to say.
= retract
VERB: V n