WITHDRAWING

Pull back or move away or backward

Example: "The enemy withdrew"

• draw back
• move back
• pull away
• pull back
• recede  9
• retire  6
• retreat  7

• go  3
• locomote  12
• move  9
• travel  9

• fall back
• retreat  7
• retrograde  12
• back down
• • back off
  • back up
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Withdraw from active participation

Example: "He retired from chess"

• retire  6

• cease  7
• discontinue  14
• give up
• lay off
• quit  13
• stop  6

• drop out

Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

Example: "I want to disengage myself from his influence"

• disengage  12

• let go
• let go of
• release  7
• relinquish  22

• unlock  12

Cause to be returned

Example: "Recall the defective auto tires"

• recall  8

• take  8

• decommission  19

Take back what one has said

Example: "He swallowed his words"

• swallow  13
• take back
• unsay  8

Keep away from others

Example: "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

• seclude  10
• sequester  18
• sequestrate  20

• insulate  8
• isolate  7

• lose  4

Break from a meeting or gathering

Example: "We adjourned for lunch"

• adjourn  15
• retire  6

• close  7
• close down
• fold  8
• shut down

• prorogue  11

Retire gracefully

Example: "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

• bow out

Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)

Example: "She drew $2,000 from the account"

• draw  8
• draw off
• take out

• remove  11
• take  8
• withdraw  18

• check out
• cheque  20
• dip  6
• divert  10
• • hive off
  • overdraw  15
  • tap  5
  • disinvest  13
  • divest  10
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• deposit  10

Lose interest

Example: "He retired from life when his wife died"

• retire  6

• fatigue  11
• jade  12
• pall  6
• tire  4
• weary  11

• back down
• back off
• bow out
• chicken out
• • pull out
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Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Example: "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"

• back away
• back out
• crawfish  19
• crawfish out
• pull back
• pull in one's horns
• retreat  7

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

Example: "Remove a threat"

• remove  11
• take  8

• depilate  11
• epilate  9
• harvest  13
• tip  5
• • stem  6
  • extirpate  18
  • enucleate  11
  • exenterate  17
  • enucleate  11
  • decorticate  16
  • bail  6
  • disinvest  13
  • divest  10
  • undress  8
  • ablate  8
  • clean  7
  • pick  12
  • clean  7
  • fan  6
  • winnow  12
  • pick  12
  • clear  7
  • clear up
  • muck  12
  • lift  7
  • lift  7
  • lift  7
  • tear away
  • tear off
  • take off
  • take out
  • pit  5
  • stone  5
  • seed  5
  • unhinge  11
  • shuck  14
  • hull  7
  • crumb  11
  • chip away
  • chip away at
  • burl  6
  • knock out
  • clean  7
  • scavenge  14
  • hypophysectomise
  • hypophysectomize
  • degas  7
  • husk  11
  • shell  8
  • bur  5
  • burr  6
  • clear away
  • clear off
  • flick  14
  • dismantle  12
  • clear  7
  • defang  11
  • debone  9
  • disembowel  18
  • draw  8
  • eviscerate  15
  • shell  8
  • shuck  14
  • detusk
  • tusk  8
  • dehorn  10
  • scalp  9
  • condense  11
  • bail out
  • bale out
  • leach  10
  • decalcify  20
  • detoxicate  20
  • detoxify  22
  • deionize  18
  • de-iodinate
  • decarbonise  16
  • decarbonize  25
  • decarburise  16
  • decarburize  25
  • decoke  13
  • delouse  8
  • ream  6
  • brush  10
  • wash  10
  • wash away
  • wash off
  • wash out
  • desorb  9
  • pull  6
  • demineralise  15
  • demineralize  24
  • eliminate  11
  • clear out
  • drive out
  • expectorate  22
  • carve out
  • defuse  10
  • dredge  9
  • wear away
  • wear off
  • amputate  12
  • cut off
  • eviscerate  15
  • resect  8
  • cream  9
  • cream off
  • skim  10
  • skim off
  • descale  10
  • scale  7
  • circumcise  18
  • undock  13
  • cut into
  • delve  9
  • dig  5
  • turn over
  • dig  5
  • excavate  20
  • hollow  12
  • lift out
  • scoop  9
  • scoop out
  • scoop up
  • draw out
  • extract  16
  • pull  6
  • pull out
  • rip out
  • take out
  • tear out
  • take out
  • unstring  9
  • string  7
  • wipe away
  • wipe off
  • bear away
  • bear off
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • unveil  9
  • take out
  • unpack  14
  • disburden  13
  • unburden  11
  • empty  12
  • discharge  16
  • offsaddle  17
  • unsaddle  10
  • cast  6
  • drop  7
  • shake off
  • shed  8
  • throw  11
  • throw away
  • throw off
  • dislodge  11
  • free  7
  • clean  7
  • aspirate  10
  • draw out
  • suck out
  • cancel  10
  • delete  7
  • lade  5
  • laden  6
  • ladle  6
  • spoon  7
  • gut  4
  • head  8
  • draw away
  • draw off
  • clean  7
  • draw  8
  • take out
  • draw  8
  • get out
  • pull  6
  • pull out
  • take out
  • leach  10
  • draw  8
  • draw  8
  • draw off
  • take out
  • withdraw  18
  • unfriend  12
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