withdraw

Verb

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  • 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
    

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
  • 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
    

• lose interest
  • he retired from life when his wife died
    

• remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
  • She drew $2,000 from the account
    
  • The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank
    

• retire gracefully
  • He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship
    

• break from a meeting or gathering
  • We adjourned for lunch
    
  • The men retired to the library
    

• keep away from others
  • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
    

• take back what one has said
  • He swallowed his words
    

• cause to be returned
  • recall the defective auto tires
    
  • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
    

• release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
  • I want to disengage myself from his influence
    
  • disengage the gears
    

• withdraw from active participation
  • He retired from chess
    

• pull back or move away or backward
  • The enemy withdrew
    
  • The limo pulled away from the curb
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  remove , take , take away , retreat , pull back , back out , back away , crawfish , crawfish out , pull in one's horns , retire , draw , take out , draw off , bow out , adjourn , seclude , sequester , sequestrate , swallow , take back , unsay , recall , call in , call back , disengage , pull away , draw back
• Antonyms: 
  deposit , bank , engage , mesh , lock , operate , advance , progress , pass on , move on , march on , go on