English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English withdrawen ( “ to draw away, draw back ” ) , from with- ( “ away, back ” ) + drawen ( “ to draw ” ) . More at with- draw
Pronunciation [ edit ] withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws present participle withdrawing simple past withdrew past participle withdrawn
( transitive ) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
( intransitive ) To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.( transitive ) To take back (a comment, etc); retract .
to withdraw false charges
( transitive ) To remove , to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways , page 87:The plan is to withdraw the Pacers from service by the end of the year.
( transitive ) To extract (money from an account).( intransitive ) To retreat .( intransitive ) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. [from 20th c.]
1994 , Edward St Aubyn , Bad News , 2006 edition, Picador, page 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.
Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
pull back
Belarusian: вывадзі́ць impf ( vyvadzícʹ ) , вы́весці pf ( vývjesci )
Bulgarian: отдръпвам ( otdrǎpvam ) , оттеглям (bg) ( ottegljam )
Catalan: retirar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 撤退 (zh) ( chètuì )
Cornish: denagha
Czech: stáhnout (cs)
Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
Finnish: vetää takaisin vetää pois
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: retirar (gl) , separar (gl) , afastar (gl)
German: zurückziehen (de)
Greek: αποσύρομαι (el) ( aposýromai )
Ancient: ὑποχωρέω ( hupokhōréō )
Hungarian: visszahúz (hu) , elhúz (hu) , behúz (hu)
Italian: ritirare (it) , tirarsi indietro tirare via tirare indietro
Japanese: 引き出す (ja) ( ひきだす, hikidasu )
Korean: 후퇴하다 (ko) ( hutoehada ) , 취소하다 (ko) ( chwisohada )
Latin: retrahō desciscō recēdō dēcēdō
Maori: whakatahi paunu unu (mi) , kounu taui
Old English: oftēon
Old Saxon: withfahan
Polish: cofać się impf wycofać się pf
Portuguese: retirar (pt)
Romanian: retrage (ro)
Russian: выводи́ть (ru) impf ( vyvodítʹ ) ( transitive ) , вы́вести (ru) pf ( vývesti ) ( transitive ) , отходи́ть (ru) impf ( otxodítʹ ) ( intransitive ) , отойти́ (ru) impf ( otojtí ) ( intransitive )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: povući (sh) pf
Slovene: umakniti
Spanish: retirar (es)
Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (te) ( upasaṁhariñcu )
Ukrainian: виво́дити impf ( vyvódyty ) , ви́вести pf ( vývesty ) , відхо́дити impf ( vidxódyty ) , відійти́ pf ( vidijtý )
to stop interacting with others
take back
Azerbaijani: geri götürmək
Belarusian: забіра́ць impf ( zabirácʹ ) , забра́ць pf ( zabrácʹ )
Bulgarian: взимам обратно ( vzimam obratno )
Catalan: retirar (ca)
Dutch: terugnemen (nl)
Esperanto: retiri
Finnish: ottaa takaisin perua (fi)
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: retirar (gl) , retractarse
German: zurücknehmen (de)
Greek: αποσύρω (el) ( aposýro )
Hungarian: visszavon (hu) , visszavesz (hu) , visszaszív kivon (hu) , bevon (hu)
Italian: ritirare (it) , prendere indietro
Japanese: 引き出す (ja) ( ひきだす, hikidasu ) , 取り消す (ja) ( とりけす, torikesu )
remove, stop providing
Bulgarian: оттеглям (bg) ( ottegljam )
Dutch: intrekken (nl)
Finnish: perua (fi) , vetää pois
French: retirer (fr)
Galician: retirar (gl) , quitar (gl) , tirar (gl) , sacar (gl)
German: entziehen (de)
Hungarian: visszavon (hu) , megvon (hu) , elvon (hu) , eláll (hu)
Italian: ritirare (it) , rimuovere (it) , rappellare revocare (it) , interrompere (it)
Japanese: 引き上げる (ja) ( ひきあげる, hikiageru ) , 手を引く (ja) ( てをひく, te o hiku )
retreat
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: تَرَاجَعَ ( tarājaʿa )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: geri çəkilmək çəkilmək (az)
Belarusian: адступа́ць impf ( adstupácʹ ) , адступі́ць pf ( adstupícʹ )
Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (bg) impf ( otstǎ́pvam ) , отстъ́пя pf ( otstǎ́pja )
Catalan: retirar -se
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 後退 (zh) , 后退 (zh) ( hòutuì ) , 退卻 (zh) , 退却 (zh) ( tuìquè ) , 撤退 (zh) ( chètuì )
Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: perääntyä (fi) , vetäytyä (fi)
French: se retirer (fr)
Galician: retirarse
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sich zurückziehen (de) , abziehen (de)
Hungarian: visszavonul (hu) , kivonul (hu) , kimegy (hu) , meghátrál (hu) , visszalép (hu) , visszahúzódik
Italian: ritirarsi (it) , retrocedere (it)
Japanese: 後退する (ja) ( こうたいする, kōtai suru ) , 退却する (ja) ( たいきゃくする, taikyaku suru )
Korean: 후퇴하다 (ko) ( hutoehada ) , 물러서다 ( mulleoseoda )
Latvian: atkāpties
Lithuanian: atsitraukti
Maori: maunu whakatahi unu (mi) , kounu taui
Polish: odstępować (pl) impf odstąpić (pl) pf cofać się (pl) impf wycofywać się (pl) impf wycofać się (pl) pf
Portuguese: retirar -se
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: отступа́ть (ru) impf ( otstupátʹ ) , отступи́ть (ru) pf ( otstupítʹ ) , ретирова́ться (ru) impf ( retirovátʹsja )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀вӯћи се pf
Roman: pòvūći se (sh) pf
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: umikati se impf umakniti se pf
Spanish: retirarse (es)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: відступа́ти impf ( vidstupáty ) , відступи́ти pf ( vidstupýty )
Vietnamese: rút lui (vi)
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