withdraw

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪðˈdrɔː/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː

Verb

withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)

1. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
   • Hooker

     Impossible 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.

Translations

pull back

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撤退 (zh) (chètuì)

• Czech: stáhnout
• Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
• Finnish: vetää takaisin
• French: retirer (fr)
• German: zurückziehen (de)
• Greek: αποσύρομαι (el) (aposýromai)
• Italian: ritirare (it)
• Japanese: 引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu)

• Maori: whakatahi, paunu
• Old English: oftēon
• Old Saxon: withfahan
• Portuguese: retirar (pt)
• Russian: выводить (ru) (vyvodítʹ) impf. transitive, вывести (ru) (vývesti) pf. transitive, отходить (ru) (otxodítʹ) impf. intransitive, отойти (ru) (otojtí) impf. intransitive
• Slovene: umakniti
• Spanish: retirar (es)
• Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (upasaMhariMchu)

take back

• Dutch: terugnemen (nl)
• Esperanto: retiri
• Finnish: ottaa takaisin, perua
• French: retirer (fr)
• German: zurücknehmen
• Greek: αποσύρω (el) (aposýro)
• Italian: ritirare (it)

• Japanese: 引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu), 取り消す (とりけす, torikesu)
• Latvian: atsaukt
• Old English: oftēon
• Portuguese: devolver (pt)
• Russian: брать назад impf (bratʹ nazád), забирать (ru) impf (zabirátʹ), забирать (ru) pf (zabrátʹ)
• Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (upasaMhariMchu)

remove, stop providing

• Dutch: intrekken (nl)
• Finnish: perua
• French: retirer (fr)
• German: entziehen (de)
• Japanese: 引き揚げる (hiki-ageru)， 手を引く (te o hiku)

• Latvian: atsaukt
• Old English: oftēon
• Portuguese: retirar (pt)
• Slovene: umakniti
• Telugu: ఉపసంహరించు (upasaMhariMchu)

extract (money from an account)

• Arabic: سحب (saḥaba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提款 (zh) (tíkuǎn)

• Dutch: afhalen (nl) (Flanders), pinnen (nl) (the Netherlands), opnemen (nl)
• Finnish: nostaa (fi)
• French: retirer (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: abheben (de)
• Italian: prelevare
• Japanese: 引き出す (ひきだす, hikidasu), 下ろす (おろす, orosu)

• Latvian: izņemt
• Maori: tango
• Portuguese: sacar (pt)
• Romanian: preleva (ro), retrage
• Russian: снимать (ru) impf (snimátʹ), снять (ru) pf (snjatʹ)
• Slovene: dvigniti (sl)
• Spanish: sacar (es)
• Turkish: para çekmek (tr)
• Vietnamese: rút tiền

retreat

• Arabic: تراجع (tarājaʿa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後退 (zh), 后退 (zh) (hòutuì), 退卻, 退却 (zh) (tuìquè), 撤退 (zh) (chètuì)

• Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
• Finnish: perääntyä, vetäytyä (fi)
• French: se retirer (fr)
• German: sich zurückziehen (de), abziehen (de)

• Italian: ritirarsi (it)
• Japanese: 後退する (kōtai-suru), 退却する (taikyaku-suru)
• Latvian: atkāpties
• Maori: maunu
• Portuguese: retirar-se
• Russian: отступать (ru) impf (otstupátʹ), отступить (ru) pf (otstupítʹ), ретироваться (ru) impf (retirovátʹsja)
• Slovene: umakniti se

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: terugtreden
• French: tirer, retirer
• Indonesian: menarik, membatalkan
• Spanish: retirar