WITHDRAW


Meaning of WITHDRAW in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

cut off/withdraw aid (= stop giving aid )

The US has threatened to cut off aid to the region.

Conditons deteriorated further as western aid was withdrawn.

drop out of/withdraw from the race

He dropped out of the presidential race three weeks ago.

remove/withdraw sth from circulation

The Treasury Department plans to remove older coins from circulation and replace them with new ones.

withdraw a nomination (= say you no longer want it )

After hostile questioning, he withdrew his nomination to be CIA director.

withdraw an objection (= stop objecting to something )

The FBI withdrew its objections to publishing the information.

withdraw an offer

They suddenly withdrew their offer at the last minute.

withdraw from a competition (= not take part, when you had planned to )

He had to withdraw from the competition because of an injury.

withdraw from a contest (= stop taking part in a contest )

Two candidates had withdrawn from the contest.

withdraw from a course/drop out of a course (= leave it without finishing it )

She had to withdraw from the course because of illness.

withdraw support (= no longer support )

He's decided to withdraw his support for the project.

withdraw troops

Mauritania had declared its neutrality and withdrawn its troops.

withdraw your application

The company withdrew its application to build the bridge.

withdraw your forces

Expecting the Allies to attack again, he began to withdraw his forces eastward.

withdraw your resignation (= say that you will not leave, after having said you would )

The President persuaded him to withdraw his resignation.

withdraw your statement (= say that a statement you gave is not true )

She later withdrew her statement.

withdrew...candidacy

She later withdrew her candidacy .

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

later

They later withdrew from the competition.

But horsemen and owners reacted with outrage to a similar proposal that was later withdrawn .

The second rise was later withdrawn .

At least one and maybe two other blacks submitted resumes but later withdrew , Roberts said.

The witness later withdrew his testimony.

He also filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Dallas that year, although he later withdrew the petition.

Three Assembly members later withdrew their support from the motion.

Under torture he admitted to some of the charges, vague though they were, but later withdrew .

■ NOUN

candidacy

Seligson withdrew his candidacy and wrote a biting letter to Harleston.

Vince Tobin withdrew his candidacy for the job after both men got death threats from Ditka fanatics.

cash

Only one deposit may be made and up to £300 a day withdrawn in cash from branches.

Normally you can withdraw up to £500 in cash at any branch, or larger amounts by cheque.

They can be withdrawn in cash on demand and are thus also totally liquid.

Be very careful when you withdraw money from street cash dispensers.

The weekly-paid Greater Glasgow Health Board employees first discovered the bank's mistake when they tried to withdraw money from cash machines.

Their victims include a woman who is withdrawing money from a cash dispenser, and a gunsmith.

In the first situation all we have is the partners withdrawing cash from the business with no apparent input.

Only £700m was withdrawn from cash machines in 1979 - it is now about £50 billion a year.

decision

The Communist decision to withdraw its candidates in all but two Parliamentary constituencies aggravated the situation still further.

The speech marked Ventura's decision to withdraw into Minnesota politics following his unsuccessful flirtations with bigger ambitions.

The government's decision to withdraw from the contract was felt to be a major reason behind his departure.

Paul Ritchie was upset with a County Council decision to withdraw pay for trainees at the centre.

It seems, however, that the decision to withdraw sterling from the exchange rate mechanism has paid dividends.

The administration's minority party has put off a decision whether to withdraw support for Prime Minister Albert Reynolds.

government

The government agency withdrew facilities for 160 centres countrywide, because the beef they handled was deemed below the required level.

Whether the government is going to be responsible to the needs of people, or whether the government is going to withdraw .

But disagreements immediately arose over whether government troops would withdraw from the territory.

Mr Kiley complained that the Government had withdrawn concessions that would have given him some power over the private contractors.

On Monday she bluntly rejected a temporary ceasefire offer by the rebels, which would have allowed the government troops to withdraw .

It calls on the Government immediately to withdraw the changes in the Petroleum Revenue Tax.

When government cash was withdrawn they applied to several charitable foundations for funding.

hand

As he withdrew his hand he felt the coldness of the knife and corkscrew against his flesh.

An involuntary action is set up which causes him to withdraw his hand even before he experiences any sensation of pain.

I sat up and she withdrew her hand .

She handed Ietia her drink, fingers brushing her, and quicKly withdrew her hand as if from fire.

Nicholas withdrew his own hands and placed them lightly on her two shoulders.

We believe in the justice of the bill ... But we are going to withdraw our hand .

He withdrew his hand and turned from her, standing in his saddle and looking out across the valley.

His smile faltered when he withdrew his hand .

labour

The local Nalgo branch has called a general meeting for tomorrow when members will be balloted on whether to withdraw their labour .

The disparity arises because some of those who lost their jobs withdrew from the labour market, perhaps through early retirement.

market

Instead, most of the companies have withdrawn from the market to reassess their rates.

The disparity arises because some of those who lost their jobs withdrew from the labour market , perhaps through early retirement.

Product is withdrawn from the market . 13.

About one million litres of milk, worth £200,000, is being withdrawn from the market daily.

His claim was later proven and the drug withdrawn from the market .

It had meantime been withdrawn from the commercial market .

money

You need to give 30 days notice to withdraw money from the account.

In ten minutes he stood in front of the bank, having withdrawn all his money , less than eighty dollars.

He was not entitled to withdraw the money in his account if he had obtained it by means of a false cheque.

When and how you withdraw money from a corporation will determine how much tax both you and your corporation pay.

Because, providing you have the money in your account, the BarclayPlus card lets you withdraw money anytime.

If your company is successful, a failure to plan how to withdraw money from the company can be costly.

Be very careful when you withdraw money from street cash dispensers.

Using loans to withdraw money from a corporation has its limitations, how-ever.

offer

If Fred regrets offering his old car to Brian, can he withdraw his offer?

Castle Square tenants association had submitted a petition calling on the council to withdraw the offer .

Why had Mahoney withdrawn his offer to help so suddenly and unexpectedly?

Mr Gubbay said that the appointment of a replacement was illegal, and withdrew his offer to take early retirement.

Midland Life reserve the right to withdraw the offer at any time before the commencement of your Bond.

Minton, by now tired of publicity and fuss, refused and the hotel withdrew its offer .

party

Since the leaders of these parties then withdrew their candidacies for the prime ministership, the field was clear for Netanyahu.

On Dec. 29 Eitan's right-wing nationalist Tsomet Party formally withdrew from the ruling coalition.

The process continues until all but one of the parties involved has withdrawn .

Both parties then refused to withdraw .

The machinery in the winding house was blown before the parties withdrew carrying Gerard Brett.

proposal

Was he about to withdraw his proposal ?

He should bow to the views of all of those who submitted evidence to the Home Affairs Committee and withdraw these proposals .

Once again, the High Authority had to admit defeat, and withdrew its proposal .

sale

In the event that we can not agree an acceptable revised fee scale then we withdraw from the sale .

The plastic weapon has been condemned as tasteless and at least one shop has withdrawn it from sale .

Uncured pork from a firm at Wisbech, Cambs, has been withdrawn from sale by supermarkets and shops.

The auction house decided to withdraw from the sale when its December 1990 contract with Lord Northampton came up for renewal.

A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale , but hundreds are still thought to be in use.

Read in studio A tourist video has been withdrawn from sale after fears it could threaten the safety of children.

The company has now agreed to withdraw them from sale .

A further thirteen lots listed in the catalogue were withdrawn before the sale .

service

Raids on farms were also reported and public transport was paralysed in the capital, Lima, as bus operators withdrew services .

The latter move prompted the government to retaliate by establishing a blockade around the island and withdrawing all services from the inhabitants.

The Motive Power depot at Derby Road had been disused since 1966 when the last steam locomotives were withdrawn from service .

Around 100 submarines withdrawn from service are moored at sea because there are no facilities for treating their radioactive components.

It was withdrawn from service and probably scrapped.

The Cheltenham &038; Gloucester Building Society this month withdrew its cheap share-dealing service , which it could not make profitable.

When service No. 1 to North Station was withdrawn , the Promenade service was strengthened to a six-minute headway.

They broke down so often and so grievously that they were all withdrawn from service within three years.

support

But this has not meant that those industries have withdrawn their support for museums here.

On Saturday, the joint chiefs met with Arteaga and formally withdrew support from Bucaram.

They withdrew their support and Fawcett, whom they had seconded to the project, moved on to other research.

The wealthy Bombay and Ahmedabad magnates thereupon withdrew their financial support of the ashram.

On Wednesday, they threatened to withdraw support for a minimum wage boost if the so-called poison pill amendment passed.

Three Assembly members later withdrew their support from the motion.

In the same document, Ratzinger directed bishops to withdraw support from gay Catholic organizations that did not accept this teaching.

■ VERB

agree

Khasbulatov returned to announce that Gorbachev had agreed to withdraw the troops on the following day.

A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale, but hundreds are still thought to be in use.

The company has now agreed to withdraw them from sale.

begin

He desisted from the attack, and began to withdraw .

By mid-March, Communists had begun to withdraw on all fronts and the Eighth Army had regained Seoul.

Inside the vine the sap begins to withdraw to the roots.

About midnight, the first Federal units began withdrawing from the field.

I began to withdraw from many of the activities that engaged my peers.

Collapse of coup - Gorbachev's return On Aug. 21 troops began withdrawing from Moscow and media restrictions were lifted.

I knew my family would never accept me as a boy or man, so I began to withdraw from them.

decide

He decided to withdraw from the Aswan Dam project, but he did not make the decision public.

We decided to withdraw , to return to a timescale measured by the rise and fall of the sun.

Not surprisingly, the Freud-room group decided not to withdraw the diagnosis.

Wisely, Margaret Thatcher decided to withdraw .

Elorriaga had decided to withdraw when Congress refused to support his proposals on taxation and on the refunding of the public debt.

Then an hour later, having heard the outcome in the City, where-rather characteristically-he was lunching, Maudling decided to withdraw .

force

Sooner or later those who are there will be forced to withdraw shamefully.

She was later forced to withdraw .

She felt his hands on her waist, pulling her ruthlessly away from the box so that she was forced to withdraw her hand.

Clinton was forced to withdraw several nominees due to embarrassing revelations over their political stances or child-care issues.

Thorpe's original replacement Mark Ramprakash has also been forced to withdraw with a hamstring injury.

It had been an attempt to force him to withdraw .

When his own business affairs fell into a state of disarray in 1773, he was forced to withdraw from public life.

She was forced to withdraw from the next event and missed the next few weeks of the Tour.

threaten

On Wednesday, they threatened to withdraw support for a minimum wage boost if the so-called poison pill amendment passed.

They threatened to withdraw their 186 children from the Ringaskiddy and Shanbally national schools.

Rehavam Ze'evi, Minister without Portfolio, threatened to withdraw his small Moledet party from the ruling coalition.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

withdraw/retreat in good order

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After two children had been hurt, the company was forced to withdraw the toy from store shelves.

As a result of the Paris peace negotiations, most American forces withdrew from Vietnam in 1973.

Bower was leading in the polls, but he withdrew when the scandal hit the press.

Christmas decorations were withdrawn from sale yesterday following a fire-risk warning.

Clare had to withdraw from the race after injuring her knee.

He has been asked to withdraw remarks he made in a national newspaper about the honesty of the president.

I withdrew $200 from my savings account.

It will be very sad if Jordan withdraws from politics altogether.

Mary said that she was very sorry and that she withdrew the accusation unreservedly.

Newsagents across the country have withdrawn the magazine after numerous complaints from women's groups.

She withdrew her allegations of sex discrimination at work.

She withdrew her hand from his grasp, and turned to leave the room.

The ambassador frowned and withdrew the cigar from his mouth.

The developers withdrew their request to build on the land.

This card allows the user to withdraw money at any time of day.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He did not make himself difficult or outwardly rebellious, he simply withdrew.

In 1564 he abruptly withdrew from Moscow and threatened to abdicate.

Presumably, if the military or industry changed their minds about the utility of this approach they could withdraw from it.

Providing you give us at least seven days notice you won't lose any interest on the amount withdrawn.

Richard Lugar of Indiana withdrew as presidential candidates and threw their support to Dole.

Strengthening of that infrastructure would stimulate self-sustaining growth in the private sector-growth which would continue after federal assistance had been withdrawn.

The publishers withdrew all 10,000 copies of the book from sale.

While an appeal is pending the notice will be ineffective becoming effective again if the appeal is dismissed or withdrawn.

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