withdraw
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(verb) pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
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Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat |
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Related Words: back down, back off, back up, fall back, go, locomote, move, recede, retire, travel |
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(verb) remove funds, from a bank account; "She drew $2,000 from the account" |
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Synonyms: draw, take out |
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Related Words: check out, cheque, divest, overdraw, remove, take, take away, tap |
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Antonyms: deposit |
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(verb) release from something that holds fast. connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears" |
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Synonyms: disengage |
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Related Words: let go, let go of, release, unlock |
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(verb) lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" |
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Synonyms: retire |
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Related Words: back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, fatigue, jade, pall, pull out, tire, weary |
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(verb) withdraw from active participation: "He retired from chess" |
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Synonyms: retire |
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Related Words: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
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(verb) retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" |
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Synonyms: bow out |
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Related Words: retire |
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(verb) break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" |
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Synonyms: adjourn, retire |
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Related Words: close, close down, fold, prorogue, shut down |
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(verb) keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" |
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Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate |
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Related Words: insulate, isolate |
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(verb) take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" |
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Synonyms: swallow, take back, unsay |
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Related Words: renounce, repudiate |
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(verb) call back (of faulty goods) |
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Synonyms: call back, call in, recall |
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Related Words: take |
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(verb) make a retreat; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise" |
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Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, retreat |
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