Main entry: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: 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
Main entry: withdraw, seclude, sequester, sequestrate
Definition: keep away from others
Usage: He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
Main entry: unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back
Definition: take back what one has said
Usage: He swallowed his words
Main entry: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, retreat, pull back, pull in one's horns, withdraw
Definition: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Usage: 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
Main entry: withdraw, disengage
Definition: release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
Usage: I want to disengage myself from his influence; disengage the gears
Definition: lose interest
Usage: he retired from life when his wife died
Main entry: retire, retreat, pull away, pull back, recede, withdraw, draw back, move back
Definition: pull back or move away or backward
Usage: The enemy withdrew; The limo pulled away from the curb
Main entry: withdraw, draw, draw off, take out
Definition: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
Usage: She drew $2,000 from the account; The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
Main entry: call back, call in, recall, withdraw
Definition: cause to be returned
Usage: recall the defective auto tires; The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
Definition: withdraw from active participation
Usage: He retired from chess
Definition: retire gracefully
Usage: He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship
Main entry: adjourn, withdraw, retire
Definition: break from a meeting or gathering
Usage: We adjourned for lunch; The men retired to the library