WITHDRAW


Meaning of WITHDRAW in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ altogether , completely

▪ immediately , instantly

▪ abruptly , hastily , promptly , quickly , soon

She hastily withdrew her hand from his.

▪ gradually , progressively ( esp. BrE )

Forces will be progressively withdrawn.

▪ temporarily

▪ immediately

▪ subsequently

▪ eventually

▪ formally

The US formally withdrew from the anti-ballistic missile treaty.

She formally withdrew her resignation.

▪ unilaterally

the decision to unilaterally ~ from the occupied territories

▪ voluntarily

VERB + WITHDRAW

▪ be forced to , be ordered to

The troops were forced to ~ to their own borders.

He was forced to ~ from the competition due to injury.

▪ threaten to , wish to

▪ choose to , decide to

▪ persuade sb to

▪ agree to

The government has agreed to ~ its troops.

▪ refuse to

PREPOSITION

▪ from

Two thousand troops were withdrawn from the battle zone.

They threatened to ~ their support from the government.

▪ in favour/favor of

He eventually withdrew in favour of Blair, thought to be the more popular candidate.

▪ into

She withdrew into her own world.

Withdraw is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ army , ↑ hand , ↑ troops

Withdraw is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ account , ↑ aid , ↑ allegation , ↑ ambassador , ↑ amendment , ↑ application , ↑ bid , ↑ bill , ↑ cash , ↑ charge , ↑ claim , ↑ consent , ↑ endorsement , ↑ force , ↑ fund , ↑ funding , ↑ hand , ↑ labour , ↑ money , ↑ needle , ↑ nomination , ↑ objection , ↑ offer , ↑ permission , ↑ privilege , ↑ proposal , ↑ remark , ↑ resignation , ↑ saving , ↑ sponsorship , ↑ statement , ↑ support , ↑ threat , ↑ troops

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