Withdraw

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɪðˈdrɔː/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Origin

From Middle English withdrawen ("to draw away, draw back"), from with- ("away, back") + drawen ("to draw"). More at with-, draw.

Full definition of withdraw

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
• HookerImpossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.
2. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).to withdraw false charges
3. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
4. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
5. (intransitive) To retreat.
6. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. from 20th c.
• 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, p. 201:Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing, but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.