"withdrawing" in the verb sense

1. withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

pull back or move away or backward

"The enemy withdrew"

"The limo pulled away from the curb"

2. retire, withdraw

withdraw from active participation

"He retired from chess"

3. disengage, withdraw

release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

"I want to disengage myself from his influence"

"disengage the gears"

4. recall, call in, call back, withdraw

cause to be returned

"recall the defective auto tires"

"The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

5. swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

take back what one has said

"He swallowed his words"

6. seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw

keep away from others

"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

7. adjourn, withdraw, retire

break from a meeting or gathering

"We adjourned for lunch"

"The men retired to the library"

8. bow out, withdraw

retire gracefully

"He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

9. withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

remove (a commodity) from (a supply source

"She drew $2,000 from the account"

"The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

10. retire, withdraw

lose interest

"he retired from life when his wife died"

11. retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"

"He backed out of his earlier promise"

"The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

12. remove, take, take away, withdraw

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

"remove a threat"

"remove a wrapper"

"Remove the dirty dishes from the table"

"take the gun from your pocket"

"This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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