Definition

1. Verb:
   • To withdraw: To take back something that was previously said, offered, or given. This often applies to statements, accusations, offers, or money.
   • To retract: To formally disavow or pull back a statement or opinion, declaring it no longer valid.
   • To reduce to / To boil down to: To condense or summarize a complex situation into a simpler, core essence or outcome.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi muốn rút lại lời đề nghị của mình. (I want to withdraw my proposal.)
  • Tờ báo buộc phải rút lại bài báo sai sự thật. (The newspaper was forced to retract the false article.)
  • Mọi tranh cãi rút lại chỉ là một sự hiểu lầm. (All the arguments boil down to just a misunderstanding.)

Advanced Usage

• "rút lui": to retreat, to withdraw (often from a position, competition, or physical location). While related, this is a distinct compound verb.
  • Đối thủ quyết định rút lui khỏi cuộc đua. (The opponent decided to withdraw from the race.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rút (v): to pull, to draw, to withdraw (a more general term).
  • Anh ấy rút tiền từ máy ATM. (He withdraws money from the ATM.)

Synonyms

• Withdraw: To remove or take back.
• Retract: To take back a statement formally.
• Recant: To formally renounce a belief or statement.
• Revoke: To officially cancel.

Related Idioms

• Rút kinh nghiệm: to learn from experience (literally: to withdraw experience).

  • Sau thất bại, chúng tôi cần rút kinh nghiệm. (After the failure, we need to learn from the experience.)

• Rút cục: in the end, ultimately (related to the "boil down to" meaning, indicating a final result).

  • Rút cục thì mọi chuyện cũng ổn. (In the end, everything turned out fine.)